Jodi Arias Trial News Update: Arias Denied Motion for Sequestered Jury and Trial Date Change

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens has denied several requests motioned by lawyers defending convicted killer Jodi Arias in her upcoming retrial.

Last week, Arias' defense team's request for a sequestered jury and to move her retrial from the city of Phoenix were rejected. However, their request to ban video in the courtroom once the trial resumes was granted, reports Reuters.

Arias was found guilty on May 8 of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix, Ariz. home. Because the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on her sentencing, a retrial will be held later this year to determine whether she should be sentenced to death, life in prison or life with a chance of release after serving 25 years.

In her ruling Wednesday, Judge Stephens denied the defense's request for sequestration since she granted the defense's motion to ban live TV coverage of the retrial. However, she is permitting reporters to attend the proceedings in addition to one still camera photographer inside the courtroom.

"The Court finds the interests of justice do not require sequestration of the jury of the sentencing phase retrial in this case," wrote Stephens according to HLN-TV.

In the same ruling, Stephens said Arias' lawyers had failed to prove the media glare required a change of venue. Therefore, the retrial will take place at Maricopa County Courthouse in Arizona like Arias' first trial.

"The court has no basis for finding the publicity about this case has been so outrageous that it will turn the new sentencing proceeding into a mockery of justice or mere formality," Stephens wrote.

Judge Sherry Stephens did not give a reason for banning video cameras that streamed the original trial live each day on the viewers from coming back when the case resumes. 

Stephens also denied the defense's request to individually question potential jurors during jury selection. Instead, candidates will be questioned in groups of 10 for approximately 45 minutes. She will allow individual questioning only if a dispute regarding a potential juror cannot be resolved.