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Closing arguments began after the Defense rested their case arguing to the jury why Christopher Gregor did not kill Corey Micciolo, his six-year-old son. During the closing arguments, his lead attorney brought jurors back to the beginning of the family drama Corey was living. The defense reminded the jury that the defendant came into Corey's life when he was just five years old and while his mother was battling an illicit drug addiction.
Closing arguments began after the Defense rested their case arguing to the jury why Christopher Gregor did not kill Corey Micciolo, his six-year-old son. During the closing arguments, his lead attorney brought jurors back to the beginning of the family drama Corey was living. The defense reminded the jury that the defendant came into Corey's life when he was just five years old and while his mother was battling an illicit drug addiction.
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S1, EP40 "Verdict To Sentencing"Jurors reached their unanimous guilty verdicts after nearly two days of deliberations. They fell short of convicting Christopher Gregor of first-degree murder in his son's death. They were not convinced that he intended to kill Corey Micciolo. Instead, they saw a reckless father whose ongoing actions physically abused his six-year-old to the point of a needless death. Next, the punishment phase began with victim-impact statements.
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S1, EP41 "Victim-Impact Statements"Victim-impact statements began in the sentencing phase for Christopher Gregor. First up were Corey Micciolo's grandparents on his mother's side. They all called for the judge to give Gregor the maximum punishment by law. Emotions filled up this small courtroom. Gregor faced up to 40 years in prison for his conviction of aggravated manslaughter and child endangerment.
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S1, EP42 "Judge Gives His Sentence"The judge gave his detailed response in this case which he wrote down. In the death of his child, Corey Micciolo, Christopher Gregor faced up to four decades behind bars. He was not convicted of murder but instead, aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Judge Guy Ryan got the final word in this trial. He claimed Corey was not loved, cared for and protected by his father.
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S1, EP39 "An Abusive And Uncaring Father"Why did Christopher Gregor call the State's child abuse hotline just hours before Corey Micciolo died? According to the State it was his attempt at covering up his child abuse that led to his six-year-old son's death. During the State's closing arguments, the physical condition of Corey in the days leading up to his emergency room visit was brought up for jurors. Prosecutor Christine Lento claimed the defendant didn't even try to save his son's life.
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S1, EP38 "Fatal Victim Of Child Abuse"He didn't care how the state viewed Christopher Gregor, as the allegedly abusive father who intentionally killed his son, Corey Micciolo, in his care. How a six-year-old boy slowly died was revisited for the jury during the State's closing arguments. Lead prosecutor Christine Lento made clear that Corey was a victim of child abuse because of the pattern and amounts of bruising in the last days of his life.
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S1, EP37 "How The Treadmill Abuse Led To Murder"It was now the State's turn to address jurors during closing arguments. The prosecutor went straight into the Defense's assertions that Corey Micciolo was a victim of pneumonia-possibly contracted in the hospital before he died. For the State the treadmill video was key to their allegations of child endangerment that led to a child homicide. In closing arguments, the lead prosecutor reminded the jury of how the incident was a window to unchecked child abuse.
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S1, EP36 "Defense Attorney Gets Animated"The Defense's long closing arguments were filled with accusations and criticisms of the State's witnesses. Mario Gallucci, the Defense's lead attorney, argued why Corey Micciolo's mother, teacher, and even doctors made claims under oath to make Christopher Gregor appear as an abusive, out-of-control father who didn't care about his son's well-being. Gallucci got animated for the jury during closing arguments. He ripped the state's assertion that Gregor was emotionless after the death of his son.
