A weeklong trial comes down to deliberations, which started Friday, with Larry Woodruffe facing conviction for the high-profile murder of a 7-year-old girl.
"White man in a red truck." That was a description of the alleged gunman that was prominent in the wake of a 7-year-old's murder on the East Beltway. And it became a point of contention in court to the point that the victim's father doesn't believe the man is his daughter's killer.
The central issue that Woodruffe's attorneys posed to jurors: investigators spent little time deeply pursuing the"white man in the red pickup" description given by Jazmine's sisters in the immediate aftermath. They contend tips motivated by civil rights influencers pushed police into switching gears.The defense also tried to paint Woodruffe's friend, Eric Black, as an"untrustworthy drug dealer.
Most striking in the prosecution's closing was the far-reaching consequences being made by the jurors' decision when it comes to crimes against children.
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