Convicted killer Peter Avsenew will represent himself next month when a jury is convened to determine whether he deserves to live or die. Avsenew, 38, was convicted last year of the murders of Kevin Powell, 47, and Stephen Adams, 52, a Wilton Manors couple who took him into their home during the holiday season in 2010 only to have him turn on them, steal their car and escape to his mother’s .
monkey business over nothing less than the biggest issue of the trial. damp head, dry body. he said that through three is the female jurors had done experiments where they had showered and then air-dried. they were testing of this theory of how quickly a body drives coming out of the trouble shower? yes. at home? at home. if the facts-ing your was correct, the panel had directly violated the judges instruction to consider only what they heard in court. the allegation was jury misconduct, a serious matter. attorney mark runcie ohio innocence project. he saw the juror letter as a way to persuade the judge to grant writing a new trial. it s unusual for a jury to come forward and reveal that they had violated a rule, performed experiments, and brought that into consideration. they began reviewing affidavit about what went on in deliberations. more those foreign statements, the jury set of those taboo
measure because she was getting a report that one of the jurors was talking about a lie detector tests not in evidence. light a tech protests brad, hannah s boyfriend, had taken and passed. well, that said the judge, was jury misconduct. the court finds that the jury is unable to fulfill the obligations required by law. the prosecution team was stunned. it was not a good day. nor was it a good day for the defense. everybody was broken hearted, included denny. danny s team was even more heartbroken to learn that when the judge interrupted the jurors, they had already reached a decision on the major counts. dateline spoke with four jurors after the trial. and they said they had already signed and sealed the ballots on all of the charges, except the lesser charge of manslaughter. rape? not guilty. not guilty. murder? i voted not guilty. not guilty. denny had come also close to being acquitted in hannah s murder. because jurors had voted in his favor, his lawyers went
insisting on data exculpatory to him. and so i really thought that there was going to be somewhat of a struggle in this jury room. and i think that they couldn t get past the lie. and also frankly, i question how much of this was a jury of his own peers. this is a small town. everybody knew the murdaughs. a lot of jurors were it is missed because of their knowledge of this family and his power and privilege. and i m not questioning jury misconduct, but, you know, i just don t think that given the state of the evidence that this was the expected result. cnn will have more on the story later in the hour and across the day. do stay with us. a triple threat of tornadoes, winds and rain marching across the united states.