After costing taxpayers $2.5 million for the defense of convicted murderer Jodi Arias, Maricopa County Court of Arizona is now spending more as it gears up for a second trial involving a possible death penalty.

The convict seemed unfazed while the Arizonans become divided by the motion of the state. People began to choose sides about whether they feel Arias should be executed by means of lethal injection, or locked up in prison for the rest of her life.

Owing to the financial cost of pursuing a death penalty for Arias (a 34-year-old lawyer convicted of 1st degree murder of Travis Alexander) Arizonans are now divided as to whether the re-trial for a death penalty is worth tax payer money.

The murder trial of Arias has already cost the taxpayers of Arizona an estimated $2.5 million, with the figure still increasing. This included the fees billed by the two of Arias' lawyers who were appointed by the court after determining her inability to hire her own lawyers.

The prosecutors, on the other hand, refused to disclose their counterpart expense.

To address people's inquiry, retired Maricopa County, Arizona Judge Donna Leone Hamm said that based on her experience, the number on both sides are likely similar.

"I think you can safely say whatever it's costing defense, it's costing at least the same for prosecution and that would be a safe conservative estimate," Hamm said.

The retired judge attributed the size of trial expense to the nature of the case, which she referred to as "high profile" and that a lot of people are making "political hay over this case."

With the trial expected to last until December, the original amount spent is expected to rise even higher.

Critics now question the necessity of once again putting Arias to the trial court, and rebutting her claims of borderline personality disorder and being emotionally and physically battered. Such statements were dismissed by the prosecutors as sheer lies, narcissism, and obsession with the man who tried to break up with her.

If her claims do not please the new set of jury members, she will join another woman and 121 men in the death row.

Arias was convicted May 8, 2013, of murdering Alexander in 2008, who was found dead with 27 stabs, shot and nearly decapitated. The jury was hung by a vote of eight to four, with eight agreeing to a death sentence for Arias and four voting for life imprisonment.