Jodi Arias Trial Update Today: The prosecution in the sentencing portion of the Jodi Arias retrial rested its case. The retrial is scheduled to resume Wednesday, Feb. 18.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, prosecuting attorney Juan Martinez rested his case in the Jodi Arias retrial.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens told jurors there could be testimony from rebuttal witnesses as late as Feb. 26. Though there is speculation that the trial will may continue into the first week of March, according to USA Today.

Jodi Arias' defense attorney Kirk Nurmi told Judge Stephen on Wednesday that three people began singing the popular Mexican song "La Cucaracha" while mitigation specialist Maria De La Rosa passed them.

The 34-year-old former waitress and aspiring artist was found guilty Arias of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander at his suburban Phoenix home on May 8, 2013. 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.

Jurors were deadlocked on Arias should be sentenced to death or life in prison.

Jodi Arias' attorneys Kirk Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott have repeatedly asked for dismissal of the case or to take the death penalty off the table during both of Arias' trials.

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.

According to reports from ABC Fox News and The Huffington Post, the cost to Arizona taxpayers for Jodi Arias' defense has pushed past $2.7 million. The reports say that figure will continue to increase as the penalty phase retrial continues.