Deliberations in that phase took 3 hours before the verdict was reached. Fiebiger's attorney argued that Fiebiger should be spared death because he came forward and confessed, allowing the Jones family to find closure. The question is when will he die in jail. He's a human being. It's incredible what he did, but he's not an animal.
Human life is precious.
They encountered Jones on a street and lured her into Grandview Park with an offer to share some marijuana. In the park, they beat the girl, raped her, strangled her with her belt and left her propped against a tree. They came back a few minutes later with a butcher knife and stabbed her repeatedly in the neck and face, before digging a shallow grave and covering her body with leaves and sticks. Morton is to go on trial in May for the killing. A psychologist testified during the death penalty hearing yesterday that Fiebiger is a sociopath who has abused drugs and alcohol for so many years that he became paranoid and delusional.