the jury did hear the defense case, of course. just not robert s version of it. but it was enough for a verdict. is robert dean hall guilty or not guilty of first degree murder, not guilty. not guilty. hearts rose and fell. but then, not so fast. is robert dean hall guilty or not guilty of second degree murder, guilty. guilty of murder. guilty. not premeditation per se but of an attempt to kill and a disregard for human life. rob hall looked look he had been punched in the stomach. tears sprang to his eyes. hall was sentenced to 30 years in prison. he will be eligible for parole in the year 2028, just before his 60th birthday. so as we sit here now, having been convicted of intentional murder, you re still not taking responsibility for it as that. as murder, no. you re saying the architect of this tragedy is more emmett corrigan than you? absolutely. yes. and so, you, sitting in prison for the next god knows how many years are as much a victim as anybody else? it
yes, but it did happen and i own it. there s something else that happened. although on the night of the shooting candy rushed to kiss her dying lover, she rather soon was back in her husband s corner as his chief supporter. especially when robert hall was charged with premeditated first degree murder. we felt that the evidence supported that he planned to go to that walgreens and do exactly what he did when he got there. this was no sudden crime of passion, said jessica lorello and jason spillman, who prosecuted the case. this is a case of a manhunting down his wife s paramore and waiting for 17 minutes to have the opportunity to kill him. in fact, as they made their case for the jury, prosecutors
to tell robert hall whether for the rest of his life he d have anything at all. he d have a small advantage over the jury. hall did not testify. but he talked to us. his first ever interview, to tell us he was sorry about what happened, yes, that but also to tell us that it wasn t his fault. the notion that i brought a gun there to gun down emmett corrigan. i didn t bring a gun there to gun down emmett corrigan. hall s version, that despite what you ve heard, he did not even know for sure emmett was having an affair with candy. that in the parking lot emmett was the aggressor. pulled him down from behind by the hood off his sweatshirt. i don t think i made four step itself before i was ripped off my feet. when i hit the ground, first thing i thought was my cell phone hit the ground and i looked over and it was my gun. he reached down, grabbed my gun and we just struggled over it. the last thing i remember it was the gun pointed at my head and the feeling of being hit upside the h
or not guilty of first degree murder, not guilty. not guilty. hearts rose and fell. but then, not so fast. is robert dean hall guilty or not guilty of second degree murder, guilty. guilty of murder. guilty. not premeditation per se but of an attempt to kill and a disregard for human life. rob hall looked look he had been punched in the stomach. tears sprang to his eyes. hall was sentenced to 30 years in prison. he will be eligible for parole in the year 2028, just before his 60th birthday. so as we sit here now, having been convicted of intentional murder, you re still not taking responsibility for it as that. as murder, no. you re saying the architect of this tragedy is more emmett
confrontation that had been building for weeks. that s when i said, enough! that s enough! you get in your truck. and rob we got to go. as i was walking to my car, another car came by and i had to stop and at that point i hear pop, pop, pop. i didn t know what it was. i didn t know if that car just backfired. i had no idea. and i stopped and ha like oh what was that? and alls i see in my peripheral vision right here is rob covered in blood like someone poured a can of red blood all over him and i went, oh! . frantically, candy s fingers somehow found the numbers 911. oh my good, oh my good, robert, robert, robert. the pistol went flying somehow, no one disputes that, there it was, lying on the pavement between two men. both