On Trial
Closing arguments made, now it’s up to the jury
Everyone in the room thought they knew what was coming when closing arguments began.
The pictures. The crime scene photos of the slain Harvey family, and of the Tucker and Baskerville family—two exhibits that prosecutors used during the trial to depict the vileness of what Ricky Gray did, and why he deserves to die.
But instead, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Learned Barry showed jurors photos of two vibrant, healthy and happy families—pictures taken before Ricky Gray entered their lives.
The state’s efforts to rehabilitate Gray, who has spent 10 of his 29 years in jail, have been a “total waste of time,“ Barry told jurors as he began his closing argument in the penalty phase of Gray’s capital murder trial.
“It has not done much good.“
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