I have maintained from the very beginning that there was some type of relationship between Curtis Lavelle Vance and Ann Marie Pressley. I commented on this case almost to the day a year ago and and my suspicions are even stronger now. http://indepcons.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-let-this-be-end.html How does Mr. Vance earn his living? Them having a relationship doesn't necessarily mean they were sleeping together. There in lies the key to this case.Unless something happens in the eleventh hour Curtis Vance is still going to jail for a long time. He was in the house for whatever reason, but he didn't kill Ms. Pressley. Him changing his story might have saved his life. Before this media blitz he was on the fast track to being sentenced to death. After hearing his girlfriend"s interview, I'm more convinced than ever. Finding a jury to sentence him to death will be hard to find.
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They found him guilty. Let's see if they will follow through to the end.
ReplyDeleteJury chooses life sentence in TV anchorwoman's killing
ReplyDeleteBy Chuck Bartels, Associated Press
Posted November 12, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. , updated November 12, 2009 at 9:25 p.m.
LITTLE ROCK — A jury sentenced a man convicted in the beating death of a popular Arkansas television personality to life in prison Thursday, sparing him the death penalty after hearing testimony about his rocky upbringing by an abusive, drug-addicted mother.
Jurors deliberated less than three hours before recommending that Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, of Marianna, be sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of Anne Pressly. The jury also handed down a life sentence for rape, 20 years for burglary and 10 years for theft.
Anne Pressly
Pressly, 26, was an anchor on KATV's "Daybreak" program and had a bit part in the President George W. Bush biopic "W." Pressly, a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis, died Oct. 25, 2008, five days after a brutal assault that crushed her face and left her gasping for air.
Under state law, jurors had to select either the death penalty or a life sentence.
Vance's mother testified Thursday that she was an abusive mother, and a doctor said Vance showed signs of paranoia. Pressly's mother, Patti Cannady, told jurors Wednesday what it was like to lose an only child.
After the verdict was read, Cannady mouthed "It's OK" to prosecutor Larry Jegley, nodded, and tucked her hands over her heart. But as she left the courtroom, Cannady stopped and turned at the door. She leaned toward the defense attorneys and said, "You protected someone who should have never been protected."
Vance showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
Earlier Thursday, Vance's mother, Jacqueline Vance Burnett, told jurors she was an abusive mother who had a number of crack-fueled run-ins with the law.
Burnett said she worked as a prostitute to earn money for drugs and once snapped after a "date" fell through. She said Vance had been left in charge of a younger brother and that when she returned, the brother was smearing feces on a wall. Burnett said she threw Vance into a brick wall several times until he nearly passed out.
She also told jurors she would buy drugs with money her children received from Social Security after their fathers died and that she had spent time in prison for burglary, forgery and theft. Vance's mother said she has since gone through rehab.
During sentencing, defense attorneys presented a list of mitigating factors — including abuse Vance suffered as a child — as a reason not to impose the death penalty.
"Do I like it? No," Jegley said after the sentence was read. "But they can consider all of them. That's the law."
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