For the first time, the juror who saved convicted killer Jodi Arias from receiving the death penalty is speaking out.

After a five-month retrial, jurors in the high profile murder case deadlocked on March 5 on whether to sentence the 34-year-old murderer to death or life in prison for the brutal murder of her lover Travis Alexander in 2008.

According to HLN, the jurors were split 11 to 1 in favor of the death penalty. As a result, Arias will automatically receive a prison sentence rather than capital punishment.

Following the mistrial, the 11 jurors who voted to executive Arias have publicly criticized the lone juror and accused her of saving Arias' life due to her own personal bias. The jurors said that they asked for her to be removed from the case because she was "ineffective in deliberating" and admitted to watching a Lifetime movie about Arias' first trial, reports The New York Daily News. However, their request was denied.

Prosecutor Juan Martinez also lobbied against the woman because she'd followed news stations on Facebook and HLN TV host Nancy Grace, who has been outspoken about her animosity toward Arias.

According to USA Today, the unidentified holdout is a 20-something-year-old Hispanic woman and domestic abuse survivor. ABC15 also reported that her first husband has a lengthy criminal history in Arizona and was prosecuted by the lead prosecutor in the Arias trial, Juan Martinez, in two separate cases.

Now, she is telling her side of the story. During an exclusive interview with KPNX-TV, Phoenix, Juror 17 defended herself from rumors that she was a "stealth juror."

"I feel like I'm being judged. I didn't ask for this. I just showed up for jury duty," said the 33-year-old mother of three.

She went on to say that she has been receiving death threats after her name, photo and social media accounts were published online. As a result, she says she lives in fear and has been placed under 24-hour police protection.

She also dismissed speculation that she voted to sentence Arias to life in prison in order to seek revenge against Martinez for prosecuting her ex-husband. Rather, she claims that she did not remember Martinez from the earlier case and that she only holds her ex accountable for his imprisonment.

"My struggles and my frustrations were always directed towards him," the woman told News 12. "It's preposterous to me to hold a grudge or to blame somebody for doing their job."

Juror 17 also claimed she never had much interest in the trial until she was called to serve on the jury.

"It wasn't easy, I didn't ask for it, I didn't want it," she said of the jury assignment. "All I did was answer the questions truthfully. I didn't want to be involved. I didn't want this pressure."