The question is are they, the jury, going to believe he no longer presents a threat even if locked up.
Defense gets final shot to save life of courthouse gunman
By Sarah Moore - Beaumont-Enterprise
The defense will get its last chance to save courthouse shooter Bartholomew Granger's
life today after jurors listened to an hour and a half of
profanity-laden recorded jailhouse telephone conversations on Thursday
in the penalty phase of his trial.
Granger, 42, of Houston, was found guilty on Tuesday of capital murder in the March 14, 2012 shooting death of Minnie Ray Sebolt in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse.
Prosecutor Ed Shettle
explained to the jury that the question of whether to assess the death
penalty, which the state is asking for, comes down to answering the
questions of whether Granger is a future danger to society and whether
there is mitigating evidence to justify sentencing him to life with
parole instead.
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