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Life or Death: The Lisa Greene Decision

February 19th, 2008 by Justin Thibault · 1 Comment

This is a classic case of “What would you do?”

In one of his first interviews since the trial, Rose (the jury foreman) said the jury’s deliberations were challenging as the panel weighed 35 days of testimony and conflicting expert opinions on the fire.

The bigger challenge, Rose said, came when the jury had to decide if Greene should face life in prison without the possibility of parole or death by lethal injection.

He said he believes in the death penalty because “there are situations where someone needs to be removed from the face of the earth. It’s really up to God. The law says 12 people have to decide.”

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Was justice served in this verdict?

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  • 1 Steve Smith // Feb 19, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    Life or Death. GOD, I hope I don’t ever have to make that decision!!!!