Jury says 3 murders warrant death penalty for Chad Daybell

Chad Daybell, right, stands with defense lawyer John Prior as the jury's verdict in his murder trial is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, May 30, 2024 | Pool photo by Kyle Green, The Associated Press, St. George News

BOISE, Idaho — A jury has decided Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for murdering his former wife and his new wife’s two children.

After deliberating for almost six hours on Friday and two on Saturday, the same 12 jurors who found Chad Daybell guilty of all crimes against him on Thursday determined that his crimes were especially heinous and do merit the death penalty.

Chad Daybell received the news in the same way he received his conviction — without emotion.

The jury unanimously determined that the murders were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity,” bringing the sentencing to the level of the death, and that “all mitigating circumstances are not sufficiently compelling to make imposition of the death penalty unjust.”

Read the full story here: KSL News.

Written by COLLIN LEONARD and EMILY ASHCRAFT, KSL.com.

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