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Originally posted by aabby757
I don't think the sentence will definitely come today, though it might. The jury is still deliberating but I'm curious of how long it will take them more than what they decide.
Does sentencing life or death have to be unamious or majority? I can't remember.
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Jurors, who are sequestered during deliberations, must reach a unanimous verdict to recommend that Peterson be sentenced to death.
At formal sentencing, set for February 25, [Judge] Delucchi may override a recommendation of death and sentence Peterson to life in prison without parole, but cannot override a decision of life in prison without parole.
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/10/pe...ase/index.html