Thanks again Popsicle and OBE for all your efforts throughout the trial.![]()
So they did negotiate then. Wasn't he facing the DP?
2:50 p.m.
A Glynn County jury has found Guy Heinze Jr. guilty of eight counts of malice murder, one count of aggravated assault and two drug charges in the Aug. 29, 2009, beating deaths of his father and seven others.
The jury, with an alternate replacing a member removed early Friday, deliberated four hours before returning its verdict.
The previous jury had deliberated two days without reaching a verdict.
Heinze did not appear to react, but his younger brother, Tyler, shouted three vulgarities and was removed from the courtroom.
The prosecution had agreed Friday morning to remove the death penalty as a possible sentence. As a result, Judge Stephen Scarlett will sentence Heinze to life, the sentence required under Georgia law.
Scarlett thanked the jurors for their service in what he said had been a difficult trial.
Rusty Toler Sr., his sister and four of his children were victims in the deaths. Members of the Toler family told the Times-Union Friday morning they didn't want him to get the death penalty, that they wanted him "out in the [prison] population.
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Tim Pulliam ‏@WJXTPulliam 2m
Attorney's on both sides say death penalty is off the table. #heinze is facing life in prison w/ or w/o parole. @wjxt4 sentence date TBD
My G/F hired one of the jurors the week jury selection began. We were hoping she wouldn't get selected. We now hope she starts Monday.Whew!
I really hope at least some jurors will speak to the media.
Chances are no one will mess with someone convicted of killing 8 people without a firearm. He knows killing someone else is not going to affect the time he will spend in prison! They know he would be very violent at any time!Ooo...it sounds like they want him in GP so someone in prison can do to him what he did to his own family.