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
victim impact statements asking judge robert greenburg to give brittany norwood the maximum sentence under the law, life without the possibility of parole because they say she doesn t deserve to ever be free or harm others again. jana murray was a loving, beautiful, laughing, talented young woman but as a result of the horrific killing brittany norwood s lies and coverup blaming two masked burglars, it has left the murray family facing a nightmare in fear feeling rage, hate, depression, and in some cases wishing they were dead in order to join jana murray. they say their lives will never be the same. on behalf of the defendant, britney norwood, her father earl is saying that she is worthy of a chance if she is released on parole and her mother lekita says i know if she is given the chance to one day be able to rejoin society she will be as valuable an asset to her community as she once was. now, britney norwood s parents submitted those comments through letters. they did not
earlier through about 2 1/2 hours of testimony, jana murray s mom and dad got up there and talked about jana. a 30-year-old athlete, college grad and world traveler. they, both of jana s brothers, their wives and one of jana s best friends and her fee fee fiance to be stood up and pleaded for this sentence, life without parole. the attorney also spoke on behalf of britney before she spoke and was her oldest brother. she s one of nine children. the parents, all nine children had written statements to the court but only her oldest brother andre stood up and begged for mercy saying please give our family hope. give britney hope that one day, 25, 30 years from now, she would be able to get out and, during the course of her long prison stay, be rehabilitated. give our family hope, give her hope. that was not to be, shawn. again, the circuit court judge robert greenburg at quarter to 5 this afternoon sentenced the lulu lemon brutal murder case suspect convicted killer britney nor