Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 6, 2006 21:49:50 GMT -5
Deliberating if Rodriguez Eligible for Death Penalty
Jurors in Fargo continue to deliberate over whether Alfonso Rodriguez
Junior is eligible for the death penalty.
If jurors decide the Crookston, Minnesota, man is eligible for the death
penalty, they'll return to decide if he should then be sentenced to death
for the kidnapping and killing of Dru Sjodin, a University of North Dakota
student from Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.
The jury began deliberating shortly before noon. This afternoon, the
jurors asked Judge Ralph Erickson to clarify a couple of questions.
They asked whether the intent of the crime had to be formed before or
during the time it was committed. Erickson said it didn't matter.
The jurors also asked for a definition of "protracted loss" in referring
to serious injuries. Then they resumed deliberations.
(source: Associated Press)
Jurors in Fargo continue to deliberate over whether Alfonso Rodriguez
Junior is eligible for the death penalty.
If jurors decide the Crookston, Minnesota, man is eligible for the death
penalty, they'll return to decide if he should then be sentenced to death
for the kidnapping and killing of Dru Sjodin, a University of North Dakota
student from Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.
The jury began deliberating shortly before noon. This afternoon, the
jurors asked Judge Ralph Erickson to clarify a couple of questions.
They asked whether the intent of the crime had to be formed before or
during the time it was committed. Erickson said it didn't matter.
The jurors also asked for a definition of "protracted loss" in referring
to serious injuries. Then they resumed deliberations.
(source: Associated Press)