Jury recommends life sentence for Jacksonville man who paid to have wife killed, decides against death penalty
A jury on Tuesday recommended that a Jacksonville man found guilty of first-degree murder in the plot to have his wife killed in 2019 spend the rest of his life in prison, deciding against the death penalty.
Death or life? Decision is in for husband in murder-for-hire slaying of Jacksonville wife
Jurors decide life sentence for husband in the stabbing death of his wife. He joins two others convicted, Amanda Love and Stephen Hand, in the plot.
Jacksonville man who plotted with mistress to kill his wife escapes death penalty
A jury recommended Jerry Burns get life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murder of his wife, Velvet Burns.
Jacksonville man guilty of murder-for-hire of his wife sentenced to life in prison
Jerry Burns, the man convicted of plotting the murder-for-hire of his wife in 2019, was sentenced to life in prison by a jury on Tuesday.
Sentence hearing begins for Jacksonville man guilty of murder-for-hire of his wife
The two-day penalty phase in the sentencing of convicted Jacksonville murderer Jerry Burns started on Monday. Burns was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday after hiring a hitman to kill his wife in Jacksonville back in 2019.
Jacksonville man accused of conspiring with mistress to kill his wife goes to trial 5 years later
Jerry Burns and his mistress, Amanda Love, were accused of hiring a hitman to stab his wife, Velvet, to death in 2019. Love has already been convicted.
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Husband convicted in dirty love triangle murder-for-hire slaying of Jacksonville wife
Jurors took less than an hour to find her husband, Jerry “Tommy” Allen Burns ... to check on her at their Doris Lane home ...
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Jacksonville man found guilty of first-degree murder in plot to kill wife in 2019
A day after Jerry Burns’ mistress testified to her role in what prosecutors are calling a murder-for-hire plot, potentially ...
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Jacksonville man found guilty in murder-for-hire of his wife
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jerry Burns was found guity of first-degree murder for his involvement in the murder-for-hire plot ...