Jodi Arias Trial Update Today: Judge Sherry Stephens postponed the decision on death penalty in the Jodi Arias retrial. Transcripts of Jodi Arias testimony is expected to be released today.

Superior Court judge Sherry Stevens was expected to decide whether the death penalty should be taken off the table for convicted murderer Jodi Arias on Monday.

"Because this is such a high profile case, she wants to be very careful about what she does. Also - this is going to be in the Court of Appeals for the next 20 years. When she makes a ruling she wants to make sure she's legally correct, and she has a good basis for what she does. I believe she is just being careful," legal expert Dwayne Cates told CBS5 in Phoenix.

Kirk Nurmi, defense attorney for Jodi Arias, told Stephens on Friday that multiple issues have come up making it impossible for Arias to receive a fair trial. According to reports, Nurmi claims prosecutors withheld key evidence. Jodi Arias' defense lawyer also said 14 witnesses have been afraid to come forward because the court won't protect their identity. Nurmi says the Arias conviction was based on false testimony.

According to Nurmi, a Mesa police officer testified that there was no pornographic material found on Travis Alexander's computer, but testimony revealed pornographic images were there.

The transcript of Jodi Arias' testimony set for release today, Jan. 13, 2015. Officials are expected to release a transcript of the closed-door testimony Arias gave two months ago at her sentencing retrial. Judge Stephens had kicked reporters and the public out of the courtroom during testimony for the first witness called by Arias, which was revealed to be Arias herself.

Stephens explained the then-secret witness wouldn't testify unless the courtroom was closed. The decision was protested by media organizations.

The Arizona Supreme Court denied Arias' request to stay the appeals court ruling that said her secret testimony was unconstitutional.

Beth Karas, an attorney who follows the Jodi Arias trial for the website KarasOnCrime, told Radar Online that Arias is expected to conclude her testimony in late January. Her secret testimony may be stricken from the trial record because the prosecution did not have a chance to cross-examine her.

Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013 in the June 2008 death of Travis Alexander, but the jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence the former waitress to death or life in prison.

Alexander was found murdered in the shower of his Mesa, Ariz., home in June 2008. Alexander's throat had been violently slit, he was stabbed 27 times and shot in the head.

In Arizona, capital-murder trials have three parts. First, a jury has to find the person guilty of first-degree murder. Jodi Arias was found guilty on May 8, 2013. Second, jurors decide whether there were any aggravating factors. The jury found that the murder was committed in an especially cruel fashion one week later. The third is sentencing. Under Arizona law, Jodi Arias' murder conviction stands, but prosecutors can pursue a death sentence in the penalty phase with a new jury. If the second jury fails to reach a verdict, the death penalty would be removed as an option. Judge Stephens would then sentence Jodi Arias to either life behind bars or be eligible for release after 25 years.