Jodi Arias, the woman accused of the gruesome murder of her ex-boyfriend, is literally in the fight of her life, now. The jury in her Arizona trial is beginning its first full day of deliberations today after listening to testimony for over four months.

Arias is accused of stabbing 30-year old Travis Alexander 27 times, shooting him in the head and cutting his throat from ear to ear in his Mesa home on June 4 , 2008.

Arias, 32, faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. The jurors also have the option of convicting Arias of second degree murder, manslaughter or acquitting her.

Prosecutor Juan Martinez repeatedly asked the jury during his closing statements Thursday and Friday to convict Arias of first degree murder, arguing that the killing was premeditated.

"The state is asking that you return a verdict of guilty, a verdict of first degree murder, not just premeditated murder, but also felony murder, for no other reason than it's your duty, and the facts and the law support it," Martinez said at the end of his statement Friday.

Arias had admitted to killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in June 2008, but claims it was in self-defense after Alexander flew into a violent rage during an argument. The defense has argued that Alexander had become increasingly abusive sexually, physically and emotionally, according to a Huffington Post report.

Arias' attorney, Kirk Nurmi, argued last week that Arias may have "snapped," when she was fighting off Alexander, resulting in the gruesome killing.

He asked the jury to consider manslaughter instead of the murder charges if they were inclined to find Arias guilty of anything.

"It may be that Jodi Arias didn't know when to stop," Nurmi told the Arizona Republic on Friday. "Couldn't it also be that after everything that she simply snapped? She may not know it, but she may very well have snapped. Out of control. Sudden heat of passion. We have been through so much and look what happened now, this instance of violence went too far."

If Arias is convicted of second degree murder or manslaughter, she will face up to 22 years in prison and will be sentenced by Judge Sherry Stephens in 30 to 60 days.