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February 26, 2008
Posted: 09:44 PM ET
CANTON, Ohio – Jurors spent approximately 6½ hours deliberating the fate of former police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. before retiring to a hotel for the night. They return to the courthouse at 8:30 Wednesday morning to resume their work.
Bobby Cutts tears up in court.
As he did during the guilt phase of the trial two weeks ago, the judge sequestered the jury during the deliberations.Tuesday morning, jurors heard brief but passionate closing arguments from both sides. Prosecutor Dennis Barr told the jury Cutts forfeited his life by senselessly taking two lives last June — that of his ex-girlfriend, Jessie Davis, and their unborn daughter. He asked the jurors to recommend a death sentence for aggravated murder. Defense attorneys Fernando Mack and Kaye Ranke each asked the jurors to return verdicts for the lowest of the sentence options the jury is considering: 25 years to life. Ten horrendous days last June doesn’t neutralize 30 years of good work and deeds, they argued. In between the lowest sentence and the ultimate sentence are two more options for jurors to consider: 30 years to life, or life without the possibility of parole. If the verdicts are one of the life options, Cutts is expected to be sentenced the same day. If one or both verdicts are for death, Cutts is tentatively scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon. – Beth Karas, In Session correspondent Filed under: Beth Karas Death penalty |
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