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Connecticut sentencing jury deliberating at length in high-profile capital case

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new Wall Street Journal piece, which is headlined "Jury Slow to Agree on Sentence for Murderer: At Issue Is Whether Steven Hayes Will Receive Death Penalty or Life in Prison," the jury involved in the high-profile death penalty case in Connecticut seems uncertain about what sentence it wants to impose. Here are the basics: The same jury that quickly convicted Steven Hayes of killing a mother and her young daughters is having a harder time deciding on his sentence.  The jury completed its third day of deliberations Sunday and is expected to continue deliberations Monday.  At issue is whether Mr. Hayes gets life in prison or the death sentence. Judge Jon Blue had asked the 12 men and women to deliberate through the weekend in hopes of streamlining the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).