I LIVE in Arkansas and we hardly heard anything about this case. SOB should have gotten the death penalty! Unfreakingbelieveable! I am so sick of this politically correct country. Here is what they did on the last day, disgusting. They should have kept showing the pictures of what he did to her over and over again!
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Life-in-prison-without-parole-is-chosen-for-Anne/p2ruCLrLbke0SMzVEdsJxw.cspx?rss=315Life in prison without parole is chosen for Anne Pressly's murdererCurtis Vance gets life in prison without parole for the murder of KATV anchor Anne Pressly.
During a press conference with Pressly's family and the Pulaski County prosecutor, Guy Cannady said, "There are really no winners tonight." Also during Cannady's remarks he complimented the defense saying Vance probably had the best defense team in the country but when the facts were laid out it just didn't stack up.
Under state law, the options were life in prison or the death penalty.
The jury convicted Vance of capital murder, rape, burglary and theft Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday, the jurors listened to nearly a full days worth of defense testimony trying to spare Vance's life.
The defense team called Vance's girlfriend and mother of his three children and two of his siblings to the stand. All three told jurors how Vance plays an important role in their lives.
Shaniqua Cooper and Curtis Vance have three children together. Thursday she told jurors how he helped change diapers and spoiled them. Cooper broke down as she said “You're not killing him, you're killing me”.
Then jurors heard from Vance's 21-year-old brother. He told them about how their mother whipped them as boys and how Vance tried to make her stop. Barron Montgomery said Vance is the only father figure he has.
The final witness was 19-year-old Leveon Vance who grew up with a different family in Memphis. She testified how her older brother encouraged her to graduate and told her she had a chance he didn't have.
During closing arguments Larry Jegley told jurors he wouldn't show them the graphic pictures again of Anne Pressly but asked how can they forget them?
The defense said “If putting Curtis Vance to death would bring Anne Pressly back, who would tell you no? but it won't”.
In Jegley’s rebuttal he said, despite his tough life, Vance made choices and should pay for them.