Jerry Elders News Today

The basketball hoop where she used to play is now in her mind the place where he pointed a gun at her mother and forced her into the truck.

A Johnson County jury is deliberating the fate of a man convicted of killing a woman in 2021.

“You will answer two questions but nobody in this courtroom is giving him the death penalty. He earned that,” prosecutor Matthew Staton said in closing arguments.

Day two in the sentencing phase for Jerry Elders on Tuesday was bogged down with questions about prison conditions and procedure. But the day ended with testimony from the victim’s family as they described what Elders took from them.

Relatives described convicted capital murderer Jerry Elders as a good person who made mistakes in testimony just before the defense closed its case in his trial’s punishment phase Wednesday.

If sentenced to life without parole, Jerry Elders would be in the general population.

Elders now faces life in prison or the death penalty.

The jury in the capital murder trial of Jerry Elders heard hours of testimony Thursday from the crime tech who processed the scene and other evidence.

JOHNSON COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) - The capital murder trial of the North Texas man accused of fatally shooting a Burleson police officer during a killing spree in 2021 continues. Prosecutors said Jerry Elders shot Officer Joshua Lot three times during a traffic stop before carjacking and murderi

Man faces capital murder charge in fatal car jacking after allegedly shooting Burleson officer Jail records show Jerry Elders has been incarcerated at least five times on various drug and gun charges but spent less than half of his sentences behind bars. Author: WFAA Staff Updated: 10:34 AM CDT April 23, 2021 Jerry Don Elders, 39, was charged Friday in a Johnson County courtroom. Investigators believe that on the morning of April 14 the woman got out of her vehic...