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February 28, 2008
Posted: 03:49 PM ET
CANTON, Ohio – Jurors in Bobby Cutts’s murder case have spared his life, and he’s been sentenced to 57 years to life in prison for the killing his girlfriend and their unborn child.
Patricia Porter waits to speak during Bobby Cutts’ sentencing hearing.
In court, victim Jessie Davis’s mother, father, sisters and cousin directed tearful statements at Cutts, who remained stoic even as he made occasional eye contact with them. Read more Davis’s mother, Patricia Porter, told us afterwards that she has forgiven Cutts and did not want a death verdict. Porter is raising Blake, the other child Davis had with Cutts. The defense team also held a press conference after Cutts was sentenced. They said they will handle the appeal. One issue will be the failure of the judge to instruct the jury on the lesser crime of manslaughter. Another will be the inconsistent verdicts. The jury found Cutts guilty of the lesser charge of murder for killing Jessie Davis but the higher charge of aggravated murder for the killing of the nine-month fetus inside her. The only difference between the two crimes is that one death apparently occurred during a burglary and the other did not. Cutts will be turned over to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction within a week. He will be 87 years old before he is eligible for parole. – Beth Karas, In Session correspondent Filed under: Beth Karas Sentencing |
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