03-02-2015, 04:39 PM
GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE OF MURDER
A jury in the New York suburbs found Lacey Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old Garnett-Paul Spears, a spokesman for the district attorney's office said.
During deliberations, jurors asked the judge for a third time to define "depraved indifference to human life"--which is an element of second degree murder. New York law defines the term as "an utter disregard for the value of human life - a willingness to act, not because he or she means to cause grievous harm [to the person who is injured], but because he or she simply does not care whether or not grievous harm will result."
Spears will be back in court for sentencing on April 8th.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lacey-spears...with-salt/
A jury in the New York suburbs found Lacey Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old Garnett-Paul Spears, a spokesman for the district attorney's office said.
During deliberations, jurors asked the judge for a third time to define "depraved indifference to human life"--which is an element of second degree murder. New York law defines the term as "an utter disregard for the value of human life - a willingness to act, not because he or she means to cause grievous harm [to the person who is injured], but because he or she simply does not care whether or not grievous harm will result."
Spears will be back in court for sentencing on April 8th.
Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lacey-spears...with-salt/