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This sentencing phase happened over two months after Jade Janks was found guilty of first-degree murder. Ahead of her formal punishment, Judge Robert Kearney heard from family members and close friends to the defendant and the victim, Tom Merriman. Two of Merriman's brothers addressed the court recalling his life and character. The victim's family and supporters pushed for maximum sentence for Janks.
This sentencing phase happened over two months after Jade Janks was found guilty of first-degree murder. Ahead of her formal punishment, Judge Robert Kearney heard from family members and close friends to the defendant and the victim, Tom Merriman. Two of Merriman's brothers addressed the court recalling his life and character. The victim's family and supporters pushed for maximum sentence for Janks.
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S1, EP42 "Remembering Tom Merriman"This sentencing phase happened over two months after Jade Janks was found guilty of first-degree murder. Ahead of her formal punishment, Judge Robert Kearney heard from family members and close friends to the defendant and the victim, Tom Merriman. Two of Merriman's brothers addressed the court recalling his life and character. The victim's family and supporters pushed for maximum sentence for Janks.
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S1, EP41 "From Verdict To Sentencing"After just a day of deliberations, the jury reached their unanimous verdict. This came after eight days of trial proceedings where the state of California accused Jade Janks of plotting and carrying out the murder of her stepfather. Tom Merriman co-founded a nonprofit focused on the conservation and study of native butterflies. Janks faced life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder.
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S1, EP40 "No Proof Of Murder"A murder plot makes no sense was what Marc Carlos, lead defense attorney, during closing arguments. The defense ripped the prosecution's case that Tom Merriman's death was part of a murder plot that involved his stepdaughter-neighbor and several men she tried to recruit as potential hitmen. The defense delivered the final phase of their closing arguments arguing that the state failed to prove not only that Janks was responsible in a premeditated murder but that a homicide even occurred.
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S1, EP39 "Defense's Final Remarks To Jurors"Jurors listened to the defense's closing arguments. Jade Janks' lead attorney poked holes in the state's case against her especially his main assertion that a homicide in Tom Merriman's death never even happened. Lead defense attorney Marc Carlos dismissed the state's two main claims against her during closing arguments. One, was that Merriman was murdered, and two, that his own stepdaughter collaborated with several men to try to drug, suffocate, and strangle him to death.
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