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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...

People congregated on herndon avenue and waited to see what the 10:00 news was gonna report. >> the 12 jurors couldn't reach agreement according to the foreman. judge joseph hocklander said he was forced to declare a mistrial in the five-day-old case. >> the news came on and we was watching it, and i saw him coming out the courtroom. i got up from the tv and got dressed and went to my sister's house. so, we talked about it for a little while. we talked about it, and then it was over. never thought we would be affected by that. >> on wednesday night, the local klavern met on the property of ben...

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...

Speculation, shall we say, that mr. anderson would either be acquitted, or the case would result in a mistrial. >> the joseph anderson trial started the week before michael was, you know, killed, and i watched the trial the whole week. >> the fifth day of the trial, the case went to the jury. that evening, all of these people congregated on herndon avenue and waited to see what the 10:00 news was gonna report. >> the 12 jurors couldn't reach agreement according to the foreman. judge joseph hocklander said he was forced to declare a mistrial in the five-day-old case. >> the news came on and we ...