The question from Fanter: "What do you think might be a mitigating factor in a first-degree murder case?" In other words: What, potentially, would be enough to convince somebody to choose to impose a life sentence instead of a death sentence if Couey is found guilty at the end of this lengthy process down here in Miami.
Some of the answers from the folks in the jury box:
"Maybe the person was under some type of outside influence."
"You mean if someone's got mental illness?"
"Substance abuse."
Said Fanter: "These are hard questions."
Not for everybody apparently.
Some other answers:
"No."
"If it was done, it was done."
-- Michael Kruse
Follow the latest developments in the murder trial of John Couey as compiled and reported by the staff of the St. Petersburg Times and tampabay.com.
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