charge. and also, not guilty on robbery of a residence, not guilty of burglary. there you have it. the sentencing phase will begin virtually immediately. the jury wants to get to work. we understand they will be back in session tonight for sentencing phase rate. they be hearing testimony in regard to the character of george huguely. as the verdict was read tonight, there was absolute silence in the courthouse. it heard not a peep from anybody in that room. the judge, of course, admonished all the attendees not to make any sounds at all. and none did. from neither family. i did see one party in the huguely side of the courthouse break down in tears but that was it. absolute silence. george was stone faced no reaction from him as verdict were read. bret: doug, we talked a little bit and i just mentioned about some of the emotional testimony in this. and the facts of this case. the question about whether it
alabama if he was tried on murder i but for the fact that australia said they would no extradict him back to alabama unless they dropped the death penalty and gave no more than life and now it s over. shepard: thank you, trace. what a stunner. our legal panel is in, faith is here and criminal defense randy zelin who called this one. but not in this way. i don t know, i ve been coughing trials, probably did ten, 12, 14 years of trial coverage while a street reporter in city after city. this happened at the end of every prosecution case, the defenseñi stands, make as motion to the judge, judge, we have a motion to dismiss and i have ever seen the judge dismiss. not to say it doesn t happen. randy: what is great the other day there was this in the huguely case, we said you make this motion and you always make the motion. always. you never know. once in a while there really is
martha: once a premiere college athlete and now he faces 26 years behind bars for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. george huguely, former ncaa lacrosse player at the university of virginia was convicted late yesterday in the murder of yeardley love. and that is how we get started in this brand new hour of america s newsroom , welcome back everybody, i m martha maccallum. bill: good morning, i m bill hemmer. these are two young people who had promising lives and dated for two years, huguely, age 24, found guilty of beating his lover to death in an apartment in a fit of rage and attorneys that both sides are reacting to that verdict: there are no winners in this case. there s nothing but loss, everywhere. we are, of course, disappointed with this verdict. and we look forward to some
the judge did the right thing. if the evidence is not there there is no reason for it to go to a jury. shepard: this is the side you take on everything, the side you took yesterday on the case we recovered with the murder charges for the what cross player at university of virginia you said this is a manslaughter case. it is not. it came back murder two which lacks premeditation. today you thought they would get off and he would be acquitted but the defense would never have to present a case. randy? that s highly unlikely . randy: the motion could have been denied and the 20 could have rested but, again, yesterday, with huguely the jury found no premeditation. no intent. and in to case, no evidence to suggest a murder one. shepard: judge napolitano is coming in. we were prepared to discuss this topic, obviously, but we never dreamed, judge, that when the motion is made we motioned for dismissal, that it would
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