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Article: TURNER'S FATE IS NOW IN THE JURY'S HANDS A JUDGE RULES THEY HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES: FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OR ACCESSORY AFTER FACT.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 5, 1996
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Byline: JON FRANK, STAFF WRITER
VIRGINIA BEACH -- A jury began deliberating on Wednesday whether former SEAL trainee Dustin A. Turner should be convicted of first-degree murder or the relatively minor offense of accessory after the fact in the June 19, 1995, slaying of Georgia pre-med student Jennifer L. Evans.
For Turner, it is the difference between life in prison and freedom.
And it is almost the same choice presented to the jury that convicted Turner's co-defendant - fellow SEAL trainee Billy Joe Brown - of first-degree murder and two other felonies in June. Brown was sentenced to 72 years in prison.
During arguments over ...