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| Jury Foreman Explains Process |
The foreman of the jury hearing the case of accused spree killer Nicholas Spree killer says it didn't take much deliberation at all to find the Sterling man guilty of the death of 65-year old Ronald Randall three-years ago.
In fact, once a litany of jury instructions were read, jurors were in deliberations around 45 minutes before reaching a verdict.
The jury foreman was Steven Winkler of Galesburg, who tells WGIL the deliberation process was pretty simple.
"We didn't have much debate," Winkler said. "I read all the [jury verdict forms and instructions] to everybody, read the definitions, the propositions, and all that type of stuff," Wnkler said. "Made sure that every body understood what we were voting on. I read the piece of paper that was either guilty or not guilty. Took our vote, passed it down, everybody signed it. I verified it again with everybody that this was the correct decision by everybody, and moved down to the next charge."
Winkler was referring to the verdict forms the jury was given at the start of deliberations.
He says some of the jurors wanted to see some of the photos shown as evidence during the trial, but says for him, the DNA and blood evidence introduced at trial made the verdict clear.
Sentencing is scheduled for November 18th. But before that, Sheley will be in Whiteside County Circuit Court next Monday for an arraignment hearing on the murder charges he faces there for five suspected deaths.
He's also being charged with two deaths in Missouri. |
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| 09 20 11 by Newsroom |
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