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Well. it took the jury 26 minutes to recommend life without parole. judge braxton kittrell will sentence hayes on january 19th. >> the state of alabama, the way the law works, is the jury gets to make the recommendation for sentencing in a capital crime. they can either recommend life without parole, or they can recommend death. this particular jury for henry hayes recommended life without parole. however, a white judge in the mid '80s in mobile, alabama, rejected that recommendation from the jury and instead sentenced him to death. it was the first time since at least the early 1900s, possibl...

We say, "police brutality." and white folks see that same film, and say to the jury, "he resisting arrest". they figure they can kill a black person, the all white jury, they'll find him not guilty. and that's been the practice over the years. >> the admitted klansman stood stone-faced as the verdict was read, but moments later turned ashen, as the words "guilty of capital murder" sank in. there were gasps and muffled cries in the packed courtroom, not only from hays' family, but the family of michael donald as well. it took the jury 26 minutes to recommend life without parole. judge braxton k...