Jury recommends life in prison for Russell Tillis
The Mercy Seat All 12 jurors agreed Russell Tillis deserved death, but 3 voted for life. Why a new approach to death penalty trials may have made the difference. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 10:10 PM EDT April 16, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — She said it so often, some eye-rolling could be seen in the courtroom. “Death is never required,” Allison Miller told jurors. “Not in this case, not in the worst case you can imagine.” She repeated it again and again, to most if not quite all of the 60 jurors questioned over two days in the capital murder trial o...