defendant was immediately provoked to a degree of anger that would make an ordinary person incapable of cool reflection. the defense told the jury sudden passion gripped francis when she spotted bill and bonnie on the road. she s seen a woman who s tried to run her life for the past month. the stakes were enormous. a finding of sudden passion could drastically reduce frances s sentence, from possible life in prison to a maximum of 20 years. and a minimum of just to. relatives of francis, and bill hall, begged the jury to be lenient. if there s any way that you can find in your heart to give her a lighter sentence, i m begging you. and then, for the first time, the jury heard from frances hall directly. you don t understand, i love this man heart and soul. i gave him my life. i would never hurt him, never.
guilty of murder and aggravated assault. frances s friends and family were shocked. it was the worst feeling of my life. it was a moment frances herself did not seem prepared for. help! you were found guilty and you were facing possibly life behind bars. yes, i was. i didn t want to be there. i wanted to go home to bill. i was like, i can t do this. but things weren t over yet for frances. there was still a second phase of trial. sentencing. texas law allows the defendant to be sentenced by either the judge or the jury. francis chose the jury. the same one that found her guilty. the defense believed it had found a secret weapon in the texas criminal code. we said, this caveat, this was written for frances hall if anyone ever. the law calls it sudden passion, essentially that the
the l or barista coffee and espresso system. a masterpiece in taste during frances hall s murder trial, the collision expert claimed at that frances same rammed her suv. but the defense came up with their own collusion expert who said that frances may not have hit bonnie. which contradicted bonnie story. but will that be enough to persuade the jury? here with the conclusion to collision is andrea came in. the jury deciding frances hall s fate deliberated into the late evening hours of september 8th, 2016. and that just before 8:45, a verdict. with the jury find the defendant frances hall guilty.
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