The jury that convicted Shaundarius Reeder of first-degree murder in under two hours was unable to decide if it should grant him mercy after about 12 hours of deliberations over two days. First-degree murder is punishable by life in prison, but the jury can recommend mercy, which means ...
On Friday, a jury was unable to decide if Shaundarius Reeder would die in prison. Reeder, 21, was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder on Thursday by the same jury. The penalty for first-degree murder is life in prison, however; the jury can decide to grant ...