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"Nichols jury tells judge it can't decide penalty; Judge says he will send them back to continue deliberating"

"Nichols jury tells judge it can't decide penalty; Judge says he will send them back to continue deliberating": The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, "A Fulton County jury announced today that it is 'hung' on whether to sentence convicted murderer Brian Nichols to death. Superior Court Judge James Bodiford said the jury was asking for advice on how to proceed in its deliberations. Bodiford prepared to call the jury into the courtroom for a conference Thursday morning. The jury is split 9-3. Bodiford did not inquire whether the majority favored a death sentence or life imprisonment. He said he would have the jury continue deliberating after lunch."

And The Associated Press reports that "Atlanta courthouse shooting jury says no verdict."

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).