this trial, and that was to not sequester the jury. the jury was allowed to come and go every day. they were exposed to all of the news media, instructed to not pay attention to it. but michael snipes the instruction to not pay any attention to it is very different from sequestering. judges around the down trip at different times decide it s just an inhumane kind of pressure on jurors if we allow them to be out there in the world surrounded by all this media. what is your reaction to the judge s decision not to sequester this jury? it s also kind of an inhumane question to sequester them every night and take them away from life as they know it. my practice was, once the jury goes out for the verdict in a death penalty case i sequester them then. but not during the trial itself. i want to go back to charles
mind s eye it s what the law and facts required. i want to go to an earlier decision that the judge made in this trial, and that was to not sequester the jury. the jury was allowed to come and go every day. they were exposed to all of the news media, instructed to not pay attention to it. but michael snipes, the instruction to not pay any attention to it is very different from sequestering. judges around the down trip at different times decide it s just an inhumane kind of pressure on jurors if we allow them to be out there in the world surrounded by all this media. what is your reaction to the judge s decision not to sequester this jury? it s also kind of an inhumane question to sequester them every night and take them away from life as they know it. my practice was, once the jury goes out for the verdict in a
the jury. he has given them some instructions and warnings about talking to the media and talking publicly about this case. after they are discharged, we are joined now by charles hadlock, who is outside the courtroom there. charles, do we know if we re going to get that transmission back from the courtroom? we re probably not. that was the judge s order that after punishment, the feed would be pulled. he will instruct the jury that they can or can t talk to the media as they leave. then they will begin that victim impact statement that will not be recorded at all. but the people in the courtroom will be able to hear from the victim. and michael snipes is also still with us, former texas judge. so judge snipes, it seems to be occurring exactly as you predicted, an immediate imposition of sentence. since it s an automatic sentence. now it seems there will be that relatively private victim impact
courtroom there. charles, do we know if we re going to get that transmission back from the courtroom? we re probably not. that was the judge s order that after punishment the feed would be pulled. he will instruct the jury that they can or can t talk to the media as they leave. then they will begin that victim impact statement that will not be recorded at all. but the people in the courtroom will be able to hear from the victim. and michael snipes is also still with us, former texas judge. so judge snipes it seems to be occurring exactly as you predicted, an immediate imposition of sentence. since it s an automatic sentence. now it seems there will be that relatively private victim impact statement in the courtroom. that s absolutely customary. in fact, as i listened to the judge, it brought back memories of the kind of instructions that he gave to the jury and the way that he pronounced sentence in
waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son. and as always, god has proved to be faithful. and we re so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight. and thank you, guys, for being so compassionate. and treating us with love and honoring us. thank you very much. thank you. that was judy littlefield, mother of chad littlefield, the second man who was killed. judged by this jury to have been criminally murdered by eddie ray routh at that shooting range in texas two years ago. judge michael snipes, i think urbach with us now with the