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5:18 P.M.
The door on the jury room cracked open about an hour and 10 minutes after jurors began their deliberations.
A bailiff walked inside, and another announced, “Get everyone together.”
Within a few minutes, the courtroom got very, very busy again.
The Lunsford family is taking their place in the front row, where they stood when John Couey was convicted of killing Jessica Marie Lunsford last week.
There’s a lot of buzzing in the courtroom as people continue to stream in. It’ll be a few more minutes before the jury is brought back in, and their decision is read.
If they choose the death penalty, it’s only a recommendation—Judge Ric Howard makes the final call about whether to sentence Couey to die.
That sentence will be handed down in a month or so, back up in Citrus County.
The courtroom seems to be about full.
“Judge is coming in,” a bailiff announces.
Stay tuned.
