UpdatedTue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:57 pm ET
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Just before being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday afternoon, Jan. 27, 2012, Brittany Norwood gave a tearful apology to the family of the woman she has been convicted of murdering.
Dressed in a pink blouse, a black blazer and a pearl necklace, Norwood stood and addressed the Murray family, seated in the second row of a packed courtroom.
She haltingly started her statement by saying she had considered whether she should say anything at all.
Subscribe For the Murray family what do I say when your daughter s gone and I m the one convicted of her murder? I know what I say today won t take the pain away over the loss of Jayna, she said.
confine you, you will live. the sun will still shine. you will have christmases. you will have visits and phone calls from your family. he said, of course when brittany norwood spoke through her tears, she was trying to, obviously illicit some type of sympathy from the judge. as you said, it was hallow. he appeared disgusted by her attempts. my sympathy for your plight does not begin to approach what i feel for the murrays. no parent should ever have to bury their child. the only visit that jayna murray will get will be at her grave site. that says it all. very well said. and also, the judge s decision came after all six members of the murray family testified as well as jayna murray s long time boyfriend, as well as her best friend. one of the most heartbreaking moments in that courtroom was when dirk murray described his six-year-old son who adored his aunt jana. his six-year-old son wanted to die so he could visit jayna in heaven. he says i don t check for under beds an