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Jury Adjourns For Deliberation on the Punishment in Windshield Murder Trial
Aired June 27, 2003 - 16:00 ET
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JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: A very tough statement from the prosecutor urging the jury, in this windshield murder trial, to impose the toughest possible sentence on Chante Mallard there on the screen.
We're seeing this live from the courtroom. CNN's Ed Lavandera is outside the courthouse there. Ed, this jury really has a much more difficult job in some ways than it did when it was deciding whether or not she was guilty or not.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh, absolutely. If you were listening for a while here, you heard at the very beginning of all of this the judge going through the instructions, several pages, and questions that the jury needs to go through and answer related to all the charges and the possibility of sentences. The punishment that they could give to Chante Mallard.
So clearly, a lot of things they will have to answer, and that can range anywhere between five years in prison to life in prison. And as you've heard several of the attorneys mention, she at least has to serve half of that sentence before she would even be eligible for parole. And as we mentioned, Judy, when all this was starting about an hour ago, I said, you know, watch out for what the prosecutors are going to ask for. In the punishment phase of this trial, they didn't call any witnesses. It almost kind of led you to believe perhaps they were just going to lean on the jury to make whatever decision they thought best. But clearly, in these statements here, they're coming out and asking -- using very tough language to ask for the most severe punishment of all.
WOODRUFF: Alright. Ed Lavandera reporting from the courthouse. Again, we are -- the jury now is going to go away and attempt to come up with a recommendation for penalty for Chante mallard, the young woman -- 27-year-old woman -- accused, now found guilty in the so- called windshield murder case. Of course, CNN will carry that live as soon as a verdict comes in.
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Windshield Murder Trial>
Aired June 27, 2003 - 16:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: A very tough statement from the prosecutor urging the jury, in this windshield murder trial, to impose the toughest possible sentence on Chante Mallard there on the screen.
We're seeing this live from the courtroom. CNN's Ed Lavandera is outside the courthouse there. Ed, this jury really has a much more difficult job in some ways than it did when it was deciding whether or not she was guilty or not.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh, absolutely. If you were listening for a while here, you heard at the very beginning of all of this the judge going through the instructions, several pages, and questions that the jury needs to go through and answer related to all the charges and the possibility of sentences. The punishment that they could give to Chante Mallard.
So clearly, a lot of things they will have to answer, and that can range anywhere between five years in prison to life in prison. And as you've heard several of the attorneys mention, she at least has to serve half of that sentence before she would even be eligible for parole. And as we mentioned, Judy, when all this was starting about an hour ago, I said, you know, watch out for what the prosecutors are going to ask for. In the punishment phase of this trial, they didn't call any witnesses. It almost kind of led you to believe perhaps they were just going to lean on the jury to make whatever decision they thought best. But clearly, in these statements here, they're coming out and asking -- using very tough language to ask for the most severe punishment of all.
WOODRUFF: Alright. Ed Lavandera reporting from the courthouse. Again, we are -- the jury now is going to go away and attempt to come up with a recommendation for penalty for Chante mallard, the young woman -- 27-year-old woman -- accused, now found guilty in the so- called windshield murder case. Of course, CNN will carry that live as soon as a verdict comes in.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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