The trial lasted three weeks, but when the case went to the jury, on March 20th, deliberations took less than six hours.
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Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Although Braddy’s age didn’t come up in their deliberations, the jurors acknowledged that had Braddy received the death penalty, the now 76-year-old would likely never be executed.
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