Jury finds James Worley guilty of Sierah Joughin's murder | Trial day 11
Channel: WTOL11
Date: 2020-09-01

This story aired on March 27, 2018. The show of support for Sierah is everywhere; decals on cars and trucks with the words, "We Love You, Sierah."
The verdict is the beginning of closure for her family with the guilty verdict of James Worley.”
The Honorable Jeffrey Robinson reading back each count to the jury one by one, seeking their verbal confirmation and raising a hand to confirm each guilty verdict.
James Worley, guilty for killing Sierah Joughin on all 19 counts ranging from kidnapping, abduction, to murder.
When the judge read aloud this count, some of Sierah Joughin’s loved ones began sobbing.
"We find the defendant guilty of the offense of murder," the judge read.
This verdict capped an intense day of jury deliberations, nearly a month of this capital murder trial and a year and a half since Sierah’s disappearance on July 19, 2016.
A show of purple as Sierah’s loved ones wore her favorite color.
An uncle putting words to their grief and relief.
"Our hope during the painful process was to find justice for Sierah. Justice for her murder. Justice for our family. And justice for the amazing community all of us live in. I want to express to you how pleased we are that justice has been served today. And this murdered was found guilty on all counts," Howard Ice said.
In the courtroom, tears and other emotions from everyone except James Worley.
He remained stone-faced as he heard the jury’s verdict and the four options during the upcoming sentencing phase: a death sentence, life in prison, life in prison with a possibility of parole at 25 or 30 years.
With a guilty verdict behind them and the sentencing ahead, the family inches towards their quest to get justice for Sierah.
The Jury on recess until Monday after Easter Sunday when they begin the sentencing.
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