L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 8m8 minutes ago
Clipper Peale is up first for the defense.
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 23m23 minutes ago
Peale said the jury needs to follow the law and vote their own conscience. Peale done. Lead defense attorney
Paul Johnson is up.
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obbie OwensVerified account @cbs11Robbie 7m7 minutes ago
#Now #KristopherLove punishment phase. Defense attorney arguing to spare convicted hit man’s life, telling jury “you have to press the reset button. You have to start over... the law is not about revenge.” Decision to impose death must be unanimous. Updates
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 3m3 minutes ago
Johnson says the elephant in the room is Kendra Hatcher, a beautiful woman.
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 4m4 minutes ago
Johnson: Life without parole is the default sentence for cap murder. He says nothing else the state presented matters. Love was convicted of cap murder the same as hundreds of others, yet he is facing death.
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 3m3 minutes ago
Johnson says the crime is unspeakable, and Love has been punished w/ life without parole. In effect, he says the sentence is a death sentence.
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 1m1 minute ago
Johnson just said "we are all here today" because of the "camera in the door."
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Robbie OwensVerified account @cbs11Robbie 2m2 minutes ago
#Now #KristopherLove punishment. Defense atty Paul Johnson makes passionate case for mercy, saying the penitentiary is full of people who committed pre-planned murders “the state didn’t seek death on those”, then “See that camera?! That’s why we’re here today!”
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Robbie OwensVerified account @cbs11Robbie 21m21 minutes ago
#Now #KristopherLove punishment phase. Defense attorney arguing to spare convicted hit man’s life, telling jury “you have to press the reset button. You have to start over... the law is not about revenge.” Decision to impose death must be unanimous. Updates
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L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 1m1 minute ago
Johnson says the State is trying to inflame passions and is trying to seek revenge.
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Rebecca LopezVerified account @rlopezwfaa 9m9 minutes ago
Defense attorneys say they can't let inflamed passion guide their decision to give Kristopher Love death instead of life without parole.
Robbie OwensVerified account @cbs11Robbie 6m6 minutes ago
#Now #KristopherLove punishment. Defense atty Paul Johnson makes passionate case for mercy, saying the penitentiary is full of people who committed pre-planned murders “the state didn’t seek death on those”, then “See that camera?! That’s why we’re here today!”
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Tasha TsiaperasVerified account @ttsiaperas 4m4 minutes ago
Defense attorneys arguing Kristopher Love already receiving a life sentence without parole. Paul Johnson questioning the fairness of Love potentially facing death when the “vast majority of people who have committed the exact same acts to other victims don’t get it.”
Rebecca LopezVerified account @rlopezwfaa 13m13 minutes ago
Defense says it requires a unanimous vote to give Kristopher Love the death penalty. They say he does not continue to pose a threat to society and they say mercy should also play into their decision to give him life not death.
Tasha TsiaperasVerified account @ttsiaperas 8m8 minutes ago
Defense attorney arguing Love is “an easy target, young man with a record, no great deeds in his life.”
Rebecca LopezVerified account @rlopezwfaa 5m5 minutes ago
Defense attorney says Kristopher Love can spend the rest of his life in prison without parole and that is punishment enough. They are trying to say he does not pose a continuous threat to society which in this case would be inmates and prison guards.
L.P. Phillips @lpphillips 4m4 minutes ago
Johnson is raising his voice as he says his client should not be treated any differently than everyone else who gets life. Not sure the volume is doing much...but he is louder
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Rebecca LopezVerified account @rlopezwfaa 28s28 seconds ago
Defense attorneys says expert witness testified that inmates over 30 most likely won't commit violent acts while incarcerated. They ask the jury ,"Do you have the moral courage to pick life instead of death."
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