Jury selection in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias retrial is expected to wrap up this week as prosecutors continue to single out prospective jurors who will be impartial in deciding whether the convicted boyfriend killer should be executed or sentenced to life in prison.

Arias, 34, was convicted of the first-degree murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in May 2013. According to medical examiners, Arias stabbed him 27 times, primarily in the back, torso and heart in his Phoenix home in 2008. She also slit Alexander's throat from ear to ear, nearly decapitating him, and shot him in the face before she dragged his bloodied corpse to the shower.

Although the aspiring photographer was found guilty in the case, the jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on her sentencing. As a result, she began a retrial last month to determine whether she should be sentenced to death, life in prison or life with a chance of release after serving 25 years.

According to KPHO, the attorneys in the case are close to selecting a jury in the sentencing retrial, while opening statements are scheduled for next week.

The jury selection process began earlier this month with over 400 prospective jurors who were questioned at the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. The number then dwindled down to 176 after the first cut, reports Reuters.

Altogether, attorneys need to select 12 jurors and six alternatives to serve in the high-profile murder case.

After the jury selection is completed, the actual trial is expected to last from six to eight weeks, reports USA Today.

In early October, Arias donated nearly $1,000 to an Arizona charity after auctioning off the eyeglasses she wore during her first trial in 2013.

The former waitress put her glasses up for sale on JodiArias.com on Sept. 14 for a starting bid of $500. Interested bidders were also required to pay a $250 deposit fee in order to participate in the auction for the "one-of-a-kind piece of history," which ended on Sept. 24, according to the website.

The infamous killer then donated $980 raised from the auction to the St. Mary's Food Bank of Phoenix.