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"Jury mull death penalty in Addison case," is the AP report via the Boston Globe.The jury has begun deciding whether Michael Addison should be sentenced to death or serve life in prison for the 2006 shooting of Officer Michael Briggs. Jurors were handed the case at 2:45 p.m. on Monday after attorneys for both sides gave their closing arguments. They deliberated about 45 minutes before going home for the day Monday.The state argued shooting a police officer is the ultimate crime, and therefore deserves the ultimate punishment.The defense said Addison may have committed horrible crimes, but he is a human being who has a family who loves him. Sentencing Addison to death, the defense warned, is something the jurors must live with the rest of their lives...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).