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Jury recommends life in prison for Russell in #Anniston officer's death annistonstar.com/bookmark/23638…

8 jurors voted for life in prison and 4 voted for the death penalty

The jury has recommended life in prison for Joshua Russell

Waiting for everyone to return to the courtroom. It appears the jury may have reached a sentence recommendation for Joshua Russell.

4 hours and the jury is still deliberating. They have yet to take a lunch break.

Jury has been out deliberating for 3 hours now on Russell's sentence recommendation.

We've reached the two hour mark on the jury's deliberation for Russell's sentence recommendation.

Jurors have deliberated for 1 hour on Joshua Russell's sentence recommendation.

At least 10 jurors need to vote for death to recommend it. At least 7 (a majority) need to vote for life in prison to recommend it.

Jurors just left to begin their deliberation on Russell's sentence recommendation.

Here's what jurors heard yesterday: annistonstar.com/bookmark/23629…

Jurors are expected to deliberate on a sentence recommendation for Joshua Russell today. He faces death or life in prison.

Defendant’s family tells of rough upbringing, officer’s mother asks for death penalty annistonstar.com/bookmark/23629…

Jurors will hear closing arguments tomorrow at 9 am and then begin deliberation on Russell's punishment. He faces death or life in prison.

The state and defense rested this afternoon. Both sides presented witnesses in the sentencing phase of Joshua Russell's capital murder trial

Testimony in the sentencing phase of Joshua Russell's capital murder trial will continue at 12:30.

Russell reached for several tissues and wiped his eyes during testimony about his daughter.

Clark: "He's a good person. He deserves another chance. He deserves to try to be a father for his daughter"

Clark: Russell has a 5-year-old daughter and he's trying to have a better relationship with her.

Clark: "He grew up in a house of females. He had nobody to teach him to be a man. We did the best we could”