James Broadnax guilty of capital murder over the killings of Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 269 Views
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A jury has found James Broadnax guilty of capital murder over the killings of Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler outside their Christian music studio in 2008.
The punishment phase begins in the morning.
The jury deliberated about 40 minutes.
In closing arguments, defense attorney Brad Lollar focused on whether confessions given to the media or Broadnax's actions were intentional because he had used marijuana laced with PCP and embalming fluid.
He also said without those confessions to reporters, prosecutors would not be seeking the death penalty.
Dallas County prosecutor David Alex countered that Broadnax knew what he was doing and sounded "proud" of his action in those interviews.
He said the interviews "only amplif[y] that he is as cold as they get," Alex said. But they are not the reason that prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
"This defendant took the handgun you all saw and executed Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler for no other reason than they had stuff and he didn't," Alex said. source>>>
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