Will Jodi Arias get the death sentence she seems to hope for? Arias, who was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday, won't be sentenced until next week. The jury was supposed to decide Thursday whether she is eligible for the death penalty for killing her boyfriend in 2008, but have postponed the decision until Wednesday. After her guilty verdict was read, Arias told a local television station that she would "prefer to die sooner than later."