Jodi Arias could still face the death penalty.

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Arias' sentencing retrial has been underway for a few months now and it was revealed Wednesday in court that Judge Sherry Stephens will not be dropping the death penalty.

The Arizona Republic reported this news on Wednesday.

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Arias' defense team consisting of Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott filed a motion to dismiss the possibility of the death penalty, but Judge Stephens has officially ruled against it.

Nurmi and Willmott have repeatedly asked for the case to be thrown out due to misconduct such as the alleged false testimony given by Detective Esteban Flores and another Mesa police officer about there not being any pornography on Travis Alexander's computer.

Nurmi and Willmott hired an IT expert who revealed the porn, which the prosecution heavily denied existed.

The pornography wound up being there as proved by a Mesa police expert on stand last month, which The Arizona Republic reported on.

The Arizona publication revealed that on Wednesday Judge Stephens addressed 17 allegations in total in regard to misconduct or grounds for dismissal.

Judge Stephens said to each of the 17 allegations, "The court finds no ground for dismissal of the indictment or the Notice of the Intent to Seek the Death Penalty based upon this claim."

At the end of the court session, Judge Stephens shared with the jury that they should expect to remain in trial well into February, which means this retrial is turning out to be just as long as the initial trial that convicted Arias as a murderer.

The sentencing retrial is to resume Jan. 20.

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