Sentencing was scheduled for April 7, 2015, with Stephens getting the option to sentence Arias to possibly daily life imprisonment devoid of the possibility of parole, or with the risk of parole following twenty five years. After the jury was discharged, jury foreman Zervakos said that the jury discovered the duty of weighing the loss of life sentence too much to handle, but have been horrified when their attempts finished in a mistrial.