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Justin Grodin case will go on for several years

Baby killer entitled to many appeals; competency question complicatesPAT GILLESPIEpgillespie@news-press.com When Justin Grodin is sentenced in August ? either to life in prison or most likely to death by lethal injection if his judge follows the jury?s recommendation ? it won?t create closure for the 9-year-old case.Instead, it will signal the beginning of a new legal journey ? an appeals process that will likely take more than a dozen years.Grodin, 35, was convicted June 17 of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated child abuse in the 2000 death of his 11-month-old stepdaughter Gretchen. Last week, his jury recommended he be sentenced to death by lethal injection.Lee Circuit Judge Edward Volz Jr. will have to make the decision, while giving the jury?s opinion ?great weight...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 03, 2009 (boomark / email).