Monday, October 28, 2013
louis mann case
Louis Mann would spend rest of his life behind bars
Jury selects life in prison
Judge cannot choose death option at Nov. 26 sentencing
WARREN
Four jurors felt strongly that Louis Mann’s life should be spared.
“We knew that we were never going to change their mind. There was no reason to drag it out,” one juror said shortly after the panel recommended life in prison with no parole.
The jury deliberated three hours before giving its verdict to Judge W. Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Monday afternoon.
Judge McKay will sentence Mann, 33, at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 26. He can chose a lesser penalty of life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years or 30 years, but he cannot choose the death option.
“I think you have to take everything into account, and you don’t want to make a decision for death unless you’re completely sure of it,” another juror said.
The juror added that watching Louis Mann and listening to his unsworn statement on Friday made the juror feel Mann was remorseful for killing his parents two years ago, but was not good at expressing it.
“I felt there was remorse that didn’t show,” the juror said, adding that Mann freely admitted to the murders.
Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator.