linn county jerry vander sanden couldn t remember another major case where the crime from start to finish was captured on surveillance video. but he also thought jurors relied on other evidence, like the defendant s journal telling what he planned to do to lynnsey donald. there was so much more to this than the video tape. there were the people involved the hy-vee employees, the civilians i thought that evidence was very strong to show premeditation and premeditation means first degree murder conviction of 2nd degree murder would have carried a penalty of up to 50 years behind bars. but conviction of 1st degree means no chance of ever leaving prison without a commutation by the governor. although the jury did not buy a diminished responsibility defense, both the victim s family and police noted that families should speak up and seek help is a loved one shows signs of mental instability. live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. a crash with a deer in fayette c
22:23:57 you ll receive four to six phone calls a day of people asking what do i do for the renewal process. lori jess at the jones county sheriff s office has her hands full as people come in to renew their permits. 22:31:20 one, two, three shawn feathers is one of many who signed up for a permit five years ago. 22:27:18 i don t carry all the time. it s just convenient when you want to purchase or trade firearms. sheriffs offices know this is only the beginning. they remember what the lines looked line five years ago. 21:48:30 our numbers back in 2011 were very large. we had literally lines back down the hallways back down to the steps. do we think we are going to have that? we are preparing for it at least. we have had a refresher training for our staff to expect a larger number. sheriffs say the renewals could slow down other processes. 22:41:25 other civil procedures as far as serving papers, evictions and setting up that kind of stuff. all that stuff takes t
in 3 sexual assaults. police say the suspect groped three women. they are looking for a white man who is about 5-10. he was wearing red flannel, torn jeans, and flip flops. he was seen near uihc and the main library. the university issued a hawk alert about this. if you see him, ui police are asking you to contact them and to not approach him. the man who stabbed and killed a woman outside the marion hy-vee last april will spend the rest of his life in prison. a linn county jury found 33 year old nicholas luerkens guilty of first degree murder. he killed 29-year old lynnsey donald as she came out of the store with her seven year old son. the conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole. as the judge read the verdict yesterday, donald s family members teared up. afterward, her father said the family hopes the incident can help others. we re grateful that justice has been served. my hope is people learn from this situation and that the issues of do
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have writings, if we have reason to think that this person was acting normally, it s gonna be harder for us to make the conclusion that they couldn t tell right versus wrong. in luerkens case, the jury found sufficient evidence to convict him of murder in the first degree. degree. generally, it s a questiti of what the doctor is going to say about that person s ability to make decisions. more specifically, the state says it came down to premeditation and key pieces of evidence. evidence. i ve never had a case this serious where we had video footage of e crime being committed, but there was so much more to this than the videotape itself. itself. you can t fault defense attorneys for looking for every possible defense. on the other side, the donald family who say they are grateful for the outcome still haveo live w whout their daughter. daughter. one thing i want people to remember about lynnsey is that we will all miss that loving, contagious smile and friendly, lovi