huguely, the man accused of murdering cockeysville native yeardley love. they are intensely deliberating behind closed doors in charlottesville, virginia. not far from where the one-time lovers went to school. that's where adam may has the latest on the deliberations. >> reporter: denise, we just had a little activity outside of the courtroom. yeardley love's sister just walked back inside. and right behind here was george huguely's family and their defense team. they're all now sitting inside that courtroom, waiting to find out what is going to happen later tonight. the jury has been hard at work, deliberating for 8 1/2 hours, but still no verdict. >> reporter: george huguely walked into court for deliberation day. his fate hanging in the balance, wearing an oversized suit and pants, a drastic change in appearance for the once husky lacrosse player who has been locked up since may of 2010, accused of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love, from cockeysville. the last two weeks of dramatic

testimony, tringered -- triggered a range of emotions. sadness from yeardley love's mother, who broke down many times. tension from other lacrosse players at uva who testified against their former teammate. and strong empathy from their prosecutor, dave chapman, who actually cried during closing arguments saturday. he wants jurors to convict huguely of first-degree or second-degree murder. >> legal expert scott goodman on reading the jury. >> it is very difficult to read the faces of the juror. the jurors all have that poker face on them. they don't betray their emotions. >> reporter: defense attorneys argue their client didn't mean to kill yeardley love. and they hope jurors come back with a manslaughter conviction. they claim huguely was obviously shocked to find out love died during a police confession. they also called this doctor to cast a shadow of doubt over the cause of death. >> and again, how do you think she died?

>> oxygen deprivation. >> reporter: now, jurors have to wade through testimony of 50 witnesses, deciding if huguely will die in prison or get a second chance later in life. >> reporter: these questions from the jury have really been all over the place. not really a good indicator of which way they might be leaning. one of the first things they wanted to see was the videotaped police confession. they wanted to watch that again. ask later in the afternoon, they wanted to see a copy of the letter george huguely wrote to love two months before her death. in that letter, he apologized for a previous choking incident and admitted he had a drinking problem. the judge is checking in with a jury to see if they want to continue working tonight. we'll bring you the latest. but for now, still no verdict and the jury continues their deliberations. we're live in charlottesville, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much, adam. and stay with wjz for complete coverage as the jury deliberates the fate of george huguely. we will bring you the verdict

as soon as it is reached on air and online. police are looking for a man who shot a convenience store clerk and customer in the chest. more on the victim's condition and who police are looking for. >> reporter: those are two armed robbers. they made a quite frightening night here at this royal farms just last night, after stealing some cigarettes and cash. >> reporter: police swarmed to the 5200 block of harford road, after an armed robbery and shooting inside the royal farms store, just after 9:30 tuesday night. inside, officers found a 46- year-old customer shot in the chest. >> when he was taken away, he was conscious and breathing. >> reporter: police say these are the two suspects they're looking for, captured by surveillance cameras. one of them captured by a silver handgun. police have yet to say what led them to shoot a customer. there were others in the store at the time. >> reporter: i think there was one witness who actually helped the victim in this case. traumatic incident. it went down. she kept her cool.

she talked to the victim until the medics got here. >> reporter: luckily, that customer survived the gunshot wound and is expected to make a full recovery. >> that's why it's better to be out in the daylight. >> reporter: customers shocked by the news, as police asked for the public's help, identifying these two robbers. >> there's all of these people here. so you would think that that kind of thing wouldn't happen. >> that's really sad. i guess we need more police around here. >> reporter: those robbers are were last seen running into the neighborhood behind the royal farms. managers at the royal farms refused to talk to us about this robbery, saying only that they were cooperating with the police investigation. we're live in the hamilton neighborhood in baltimore, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. anyone with information on the robbery suspect is urged to call baltimore city police. or you can remain anonymous and be eligible for reward money by calling metro crimestoppers. he wanted to kill as many people as possible. now, the man charged with plotting a suicide bomb attack

appears in capital court. jessica kartalija has the latest on this. >> reporter: a short time ago, amin alkhalify waived his rights to a hearing. he vowed to wear an explosive vest and blow himself up when he walked into the building. that suicide vest turned out to be inert. he was also given an inoperative gun that he planed to use to shoot his way past security guards. >> the charges could bring him a life prison sentence. despite protest from city leaders nation wild, a controversial immigration enforcement program comes to baltimore. baltimore's mayor is speaking out against it. >> reporter: it's called the scar communities program. but those against it say it makes their neighborhoods anything but safe. >> reporter: right across the street from baltimore central booking, protestors called this rally a move to block a

controversial jail-based deportation programful. >> and we are going backwards instead of forwards in our country. this is the way it's going to be. >> reporter: the u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement, also called i.c.e., launched its securities program. it requires local police officers and prison guards to share all fingerprints of arrestees with the fbi. the fbi then gives that information over to i.c.e., which uses the prints to track and later deports undocumented immigrants who commit a crime. and baltimore booking is where the process begins. because everyone who is arrested in the city stops here first. >> it opens the door for racial profiling and civil rights abuses. >> reporter: members of casa of maryland, a civil rights group for hispanics, says the program makes their community anything but secure. because the fear of deportation will overshadow the need to call 911. >> the people are going to be

afraid. you know, a lot of hispanic people, if something can happen to them, they're going to be afraid to call the police. >> reporter: baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake joined the ranks of city leaders nationwide who are speaking out against secure communities. in a written statement to eyewitness news, she wrote, we recognize that the city of baltimore plays no role in the implementation of the program and that i have no control over i.c.e.'s actions. however, i am extremely disheartened by this decision to implement the program in baltimore and the manner in which it is being carried out. >> reporter: rawlings-blake says she reached out to ice last year. she was concerned about how this program would impact baltimore's hispanic community. she says i.c.e. promised several round table discussions with her office. but the mayor says that never happened. back to you, vic. >> gigi, thank you. in addition to baltimore, the program begins in montgomery county today as well. the maryland senate delays debate on a vote to a bill to

legalize same-sex marriage. the measure just had enough votes to pass the house last week. greeted by cheers from supporters. last year, the senate passed a similar measure, 25-21. well, is there a racial divide in higher education in maryland? according to some, the answer is yes. and mary joins us live now with more. mary? >> reporter: well, denise. the state's historically black colleges and universities say they're underfunded by more than $2 billion. >> reporter: a landmark $2.1 billion lawsuit pits maryland's historically black colleges and universities like morgan state against the maryland higher education commission. >> at the core of this is simply racism. the failure of the leadership to value the african american citizenry in maryland. >> reporter: the lawsuit says over a decade, maryland has short-changed its hbcu's $2.19

billion in revenue that would have gone to things like campus infrastructure, teacher salaries, technology upgrades and student aid. maryland has four hbcus, morgan state, buoy state, coppin state and university of maryland eastern shore. students tell me they see the underfunding firsthand. >> could you imagine the possibilities? could you imagine the greater accomplishments we could have had if we had all the mac laptops. now, students can barely get laptops here. >> we have been promised resources and monies and fundings for the last 15 to 25 years. >> reporter: the six-week trial wrapped up last week. so now students here at morgan state university and the other hbcus in maryland are waiting for a judge's decision. >> reporter: if the lawsuit goes their way, the students say there is a lot of catching up to do. >> you look around. and it looks like it's growing. and it looks like it's growth. it's years of fighting. but we're still behind.

>> reporter: a final ruling from u.s. district judge catherine blake is expected sometime this summer. denise? >> all right. thank you, mary. the lawsuit was originally filed six years ago, by the group coalition for equality and excellence in maryland education. the race is on. the new promoter of the baltimore grand prix gets the green light from the city's board of estimates. the board approved the new contract by a vote of 3-2. the company that organized was terminated after failing to pay more than $1 million it owed to the city. the weather is like this. for the grand prix, you won't catch anyone complaining. a live look now, how can this be the end of february? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the first warning weather forecast. couple of light, spring showers. take a look to the west of us across the mountains. very light activity. as we head further to the west, there is more out to the west. and that front is going to pass to the north tonight.

but it might bring us a few showers tonight, later across the region. probably a better chance late tomorrow night and on friday. and then it will start getting cooler. in the meantime, it's very, very mild. take a look at current readings now. still in the upper 50s now. 59 here. 57 ocean city. 45 in oakland. tomorrow, a day -- actually, probably a little warmer than today. really warm air moving in. 70s expected to our south. we might hit 70 in a couple of places in maryland. basically, at least the low to mid-60s once again tomorrow. now, how crazy have these temperatures been, with regard to what is normal? tim has a look at what is normal. >> the discussion has been for the last week or two -- actually, month or two, in the first warning weather center, when are these temperatures typical? when are these temperatures normal? well, the answer is really mid- april. if you go to mid-april, when we are having temperatures right where they typically fall, around april, 67 degrees.

it really is this temperature around that time of year. now, i guess, you know, i don't know what it's going to be then. if we keep at this rate, it will be 70 degrees in april. and 80 degrees in may. who knows? but it has definitely been a very up-and-down season. and we have been airing on -- -- erring on the warm side. we'll talk about a return to those winter-like temperatures coming up in a few moments. back inside. >> thank you, tim. after making a public plea to save his friend's life, nfl quarterback star tom brady's mentor has died, while waiting for a kidney transplant through johns hopkins transplant program. but as monique griego explains, their story is saving lives. new england patriots tom brady is a star on and off the field. and shortly after he played in the 2012 super bowl, he learned his childhood mentor, tom martinez, needed a life-saving

kidney transplant. brady then made a life-saving plea. >> it's reached a crisis point in terms of there not being enough donors available. >> reporter: that became even more urgent tuesday when 67- year-old martinez died. >> reporter: martiniez was in the transplant program here at the hospital. but he died after suffering a heart attack during his dialysis treatment. >> we are always sad when you hear about someone who passed away while waiting. and it happens, unfortunately, every day. >> reporter: they work to match donors with those in need. she said brady's personal story of loss is bringing attention to the shortage of donors. >> it brings home the point that the need is real. >> reporter: in maryland, there are currently 2,000 people, waiting for organ transplants. nationwide, that number jumps to 113,000. on average, 19 people a day die waiting. and although martinez died before receiving his transplant, gillman says his story will save others. >> brings back that need for people to take the time and to

think about donor designation. and making their wishes known. and brady did get more people to donate. we're told several hundred more signed up after hearing about his mentor. denise? >> brady and martinez met 20 years ago. the quarterback credits him with teaching how to throw a football, which he does very well. >> yeah, obviously so. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. caught in the conflict. a well-known american journalist, killed in syria, as the civil war rages on. making a case for wins. i'm pat warren. coming up, governor o'malley's energy bill blows across college campuses. i'm jessica cartallia. -- kartalija. meet ryan. we'll have the story and introduce baltimore to you coming up. and perfect ballpark weather. and it's going to get better. stick around for the updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,

a wind energy bill gets approval by a coalition of maryland college students. the proposal still has hurdles to clear. the future takes on the fossils and sets out to inherit the wind. >> wind, power, jobs. >> reporter: wind energy is an o'malley thing for the second

year in a row. and the governor pitch today again. >> there's no hope that we'll ever get it. >> it uses it to jeperate wind. >> god has put it off of our shore. what we have to do is make the choice to harness it. >> reporter: and customers there v to pay for it. $2 a month. >> it's going to be more than $2 a month when you look at the general things put together for that cost. >> a lot of that depends on what we think the price of fossil fuels is going to be. >> reporter: but the juice is worth the squeeze. >> reporter: governor o'malley testifies on wind and house energy tomorrow. reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren. back to you on tv hill. >> according to the administration, it would be five years before consumers would see the cost of building the wind farm, adding to their bills. more than 65,000 customers who use baltimore's water system may have been overcharged over the last three years.

the internal audit also found that city and water officials say they made $40 million in corrections to bills in just one year. $40 million. the head of the system says his department is in the department of overhauling the billing system and installing a more efficient meter reading system. when the boys of summer arrive in camden yards, there will be a new voice, welcoming them to the teens and fans in the ballpark. jessica kartalija introduces us to the new voice of the orioles. >> reporter: now, for your baltimore orioles, managed by buck showalter. batting first. second baseman. number 1, brian roberts. >> reporter: 26-year-old brian wagoner lands his dream job. >> it left me speechless, which i think is a bit ironic for this position. >> reporter: welcome to orioles park in camden. >> reporter: a part-time job with a major league commitment, wagner will voice all 81 home games at camden yards. >> we hope you'll have a wonderful time this afternoon.

>> reporter: 670 applicants submitted a demo reel. the orioles narrowed it down to 25, then to 8, then finally, to just 1. >> thank you. >> it was unbelievably difficult. and it was stressful. don't mess up. you know, don't stumble over your worrieds. i'm going to have a lot of family and friends listening to me. >> reporter: good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. >> reporter: wagner won an odd yigz 14 years ago. >> it's something i'll tell my kids and grandkids about. >> ryan has the best seat in the house for every home game here at camden yards. he says he can't wait for his first day on april 6th. at camden yards, i'm jessica cartal yeah wjz eyewitness news. -- kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> he has a great singing voice. he was recently on tour with the wizard of oz. he said if they ever need someone to sing the star-

spangled banner, he's their man. >> that's a tough song to sing. it's already feeling like spring. >> and it's going to continue for at least the next two days. take a look at temps now. still warm. 59. south winds at 6. barometer, falling a little bit. 29.56. rather low. humidity is low. come back and take a look at showers. mild air after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,

here's a live look outside right now. courtesy of our harbor cam. >> it's been really -- when the final numbers come in for this winter, i guarantee, it's going to be in the top 5 or 6 warmest winters ever in this region. because a couple of weeks ago, it was the top 12. i'm sure it's going to come down even quicker. take a look at temps right now. continues to be way above normal. 59. 57, cumberland. 50, ocean city by the ocean. and pax river. the winds off the bay, 49 now. d.c. at 57. locally, temperatures still in the mid- to upper 50s. cooler by the water. annapolis, kent island, and rock hall in low 50s. 63 today. the record, 74. that was in 1874. the average high now. you can see it's 47. this morning, we were at 36.

normal low would be around 28. 7, the record low in 1963. right now, it's the southerly winds. if you happen to be right in the bay, and the wins are coming off the-- winds are coming off the water, it's probably 10 degrees cooler. but everyone else, very mild night. and a pickup later on. by late tomorrow night and friday, we could get quite gusty as a front will come through the area. weak front passing through the area. showers to the south. we're kind of in between. but we may see some shower activity breaking out later tonight. and maybe during the day tomorrow in the morning. maybe a shower. and late tomorrow night, another chance of more rain moving in as the second front will come through the air. we'll be in the warm air tomorrow and friday. the front coming through with showers on friday morning. maybe even a rumble of thunder or two. and some gusty winds behind it. because that low is going to pass to the north. wind comes back out of the northwest. breezy, colder. garrett county will have snow

showers friday night and saturday. nothing east of the mountains. few sprinkles possible. temperatures will probably be only in the mid40s on saturday, compared to the low 60s or mid- 60s the next couple of days. so that will be a shock to your system. although certainly nothing unusual. southwest winds on the bray. again, it will be reissued late tomorrow night. bay temp, around 42 degrees. tonight, a lot of clouds. maybe a couple of showers. 44. tomorrow, sun and clouds. 65 degrees. shower activity late tomorrow night. mainly on friday morning. early afternoon. and temperatures again on the mild side. and it turns chilly again. and breezy for the weekend. >> okay. >> all right. thank you. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. i'm alex demetrick. coming up. frederick county has a new law, making english the official language. that story as eyewitness news continues.

should he live? or should he die? i'm weijia jiang in annapolis. where a jury is deciding just that for a man convicted of killing a prison guard. the latest next. anguish in argentina. after ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 6:30. cloudy and 59 degrees. thanks for staying with wjz. the lawsuiter in syria takes another tragic turn. dozens more are killed by government forces, including a veteran american war correspondent. tina kraus reports from london. >> reporter: they killed an american reporter. 57-year-old marie colvin was a veteran correspondent for a british newspaper. the new york native lost an eye, covering another war more than a decade ago. >> this is a desperately sad

reminder of the risk that journalists take to inform the world of what is happening and the dreadful events in syria. >> reporter: just a day before she died, colvin was on tv, calling the government bombardment of rebels relentless and shocking. >> i think the sickening thing is the complete merciless nature. they are hitting civilian buildings. >> reporter: colvin didn't spend much time at her company headquarters here in london. the sunday times reporter preferred to be close to the story. no matter how dangerous. >> reporter: colvin was killed, along with a french photographer. witnesses say a rocket hit the french journalist, as they hit a barrage of shelling. weeks of attacks have left hundreds dead. this amateur video reportedly shows hundreds of syrian soldiers, joining the rebels agency fight to take down assad's government. western powers, including the u.s., have not ruled out arming

rebels to help end the conflict. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, president obama has said he hopes diplomacy,not military force, has helped solve crisis. but new tactics may have to be explored if assad continues to defy international pressure. >> dozens are killed, hundreds injured in a horrific train accident. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: hundreds are injured in argentina's worst train accident in decades. this is the scene in buenos aires. at least 550 people were injured. and dozens more could be trapped in the wreckage. at least 1,000 people were on the train. no word on the cause. but investigators say he was going too fast when he pulled into the station. >> witnesses say the first two cars crumpled into each other like an accordion. the investigation continues into a deadly head-on crash in baltimore county.

sky eye chopper 13 was over the scene on mcdonogh road in randallstown yesterday. police say a car being driven by melvin bettis iii, crossed the line. and slammed into a car by 63- year-old andre murphy. both men died at the scene. a third man was involved but that driver was not seriously injured. just a short time ago, a jury goes home for the day. in the sentencing day in the phase of the man convicted of killing a maryland correctional officer. that jury will decide if stevens should be put to death. weijia jiang has the final pleas from both sides in the case. >> reporter: this sentencing hearing is very much like a trial of its own. and right before jurors got the case, prosecutors push said for the ultimate punishment. the defense beg said for mercy. >> reporter: a jury is-- begged for mercy. >> reporter: a jury is deciding whether lee stevens should die. earlier this month, he was convicted of murder for the fatal stabbing of officer

mcgwynn, who worked for the house corrections in jessop. high of they left his blood splattered on stevens oaps eaps -- stevens' clothing and bars am that made him eligible for the death penalty. biologic or dna evidence, or a videotaped confession is necessary. this case is the first test ever of the dna link. in closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors, stevens brutally murdered, staking, ending the life of david mcgwynn. but the jury will also consider mitigating factors. stevens' attorney pointed to a troubled childhood. filled with violence, drugs ask sexual abuse. he said steves was taught insanity, hate and cruelty from the moment he was hold enough to learn. he then asked, have you ever

learned of such a tortured existence. >> reporter: now that they're facing a matter of life or death, it's anybody's guess when they'll decide on a sentence. >> reporter: reporting in annapolis, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, if stevens is sentenced to death, if will automatically go to the court of appeals. we have breaking news to tell you about in the trial of george huguely. adam may with the new information. >> reporter: vic, we're following that breaking information now. we can tell you the jury has reached a verdict in this case, after more than nine hours of deliberating. we don't know what that verdict is just yet. it's going to take about 20 to 30 minutes for all of the sides, all of the parties to get into place. then the jury is going to be brought back inside this courtroom. and they will read this verdict. just for some background, it has been a very, very interesting day, inside this courtroom. george huguely walked into court this morning with his fate really hanging in the balance. he is facing a wide range of charges. everything from first-degree murder all the way down to manslaughter.

of course, the defense has been arguing throughout this entire case that the death of yeardley love was nothing more than an accident. however, prosecutors have painted george huguely really as a monster, a college student, a uva lacrosse player, who in a drunken rage, went to his ex-girlfriend's off-campus apartment, then beat her to death, leaving her to die for up to two hours. now, what the jury decides, the sentencing for george huguely could be anywhere from life in prison down to 10 years. how they do it here in virginia is a little different than how court works in maryland. what's going to happen here tonight is inside the courtroom, the jury will read that verdict. then they going to take a 30- minute cooling off period. that's so everybody can compose themselves. then here in virginia, they move directly into the sentencing phase. for that, we are expecting family members, character witnesses to be called on the stand. very dramatic and emotional testimony expected here tonight. george ♪ huguely's own -- george george huguely's own father will be taking the

stand, begging jurors not to send his son to prison for life. meanwile, witnesses can be called on for yeardley love's family. we saw love's mother, her sister, walk back inside that courtroom. they have been surrounded by a large group of family members from baltimore county throughout this entire trial, sitting in that courtroom for the last couple of weeks. again, the verdict is in. we don't know what it is yet. we'll have that in the next 30 minutes. if it comes down before the end of the newscast, we'll bring it. otherwise, we'll be updating it on wjz.com. also on my twitter account. and full reports on wjz eyewitness news at 11:00. that's the very latest from charlottesville. back to you. >> and of course, wjz will continue to follow this story and bring you the verdict as soon as it is announced. officials with the washington national cathedral say they have raised $2 million to cover restoration work from last year's powerful east coast earthquake. but they say $18 million must be raised to complete repairs

and hand-carved stone work. the magnitude 5.8 damaged the main spires in the cathedral tower. and cracked other parts was building. baltimore county -- becomes the first fourth county government to pass a measure to pass transgender people from discrimination. it would have specifically exempted bathrooms, locker rooms and dressing rooms. opponents said it would lead to men dressed as women, assaulting women in rest rooms. though critics could not point to any specific incidents where this happened. a new law is on the books, declaring english, the official language. although it doesn't really change anything, it's what the law simol -- symbolizes that has people talking. >> declaring english as the official language. i don't see what the big deal is. >> reporter: but the only county commissioner to vote does see something. >> the chairman wanted to scare

people that might be illegal immigrants from coming here. >> we did not look at illegal aliens, illegal immigration as the rest of the state does, in terms of some of the major metropolitan areas. >> reporter: but the county commission chairman says the language law is not about scaring away all nonenglish- speaking people. >> this has been very attractive to law abiding immigrants. >> we're not, maybe like people would say, xenophobic. and this sends a message like maybe we are. and i don't want to be perceived that way. >> i don't really understand how it's going to make a difference. >> reporter: although the english ordinance is generating plenty of talk. >> we're all american. i think it should be english. >> english is a beautiful language. for the american people. but it's very, very good to be integrated. different diversities of people. different languages. >> i like it. when i can converse with people

in the language that i know. and yet this country was built on immigrants. >> reporter: many of whom built frederick county. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the english ordinance would not stop county agencies from using a foreign language in education, public health and emergency services. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. we're following the breaking news. a verdict in the george huguely murder trial. a live update from charlottesville is coming up. ,, ,, online dating services can get kind of expensive. so to save-money, i found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out.

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george huguely murder trial. and wjz is live in charlottesville virginia now. adam may is waiting for that decision, adam? >> it's kind of the calm before the storm now. everybody is on pins and needles, waiting for what that verdict is. it should be announced here in the next 30 minutes. it could happen any minute between now and then. the jury spent more than nine hours deliberating this case today. they asked a wide variety of questions today. the questions don't really give us a sense on which way they're going to rule on the various charges that george huguely is facing. let's take a look at the charges he is up for right now. they range from the most serious of first-degree murder. now, for this particular charge, the prosecution was trying to convince the jury

that either for a first-degree murder conviction, the murder had to be premeditated or it had to happen during the commission of a robbery. you may recall, if you have been falling this case, that george huguely admitted to taking yeardley love's computer after he left her apartment. so that could allow jurors, if they agree, that the murder was first-degree, to go ahead and give him that punishment, which would be life in prison. now, second-degree is the second most serious charge now. for this conviction, you would need to prove that there was malice, that george huguely had an obvious dibs regard for hu-- disregard for human life. if found guilty on this charge, the sentence could be up to 40 years in prison. then there are the lesser charges, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. the defense has been arguing throughout the trial that george huguely did not mean to kill yeardley love. and there is a the love -- a lot of case low here in virginia that says if someone is very knox --s --s into

intoxicated -- very intoxicated and found guilty, the charges on that is 10 years. huguely has already spent 2 years in prison since 2008. that means he would only get an additional 8 on top of that. you have at least 30 to 40 different news crews from across the country. the networks are camped out behind me. inside the courtroom, the family ofiard low love and --iard --iard -- yeardley love and george huguely are in the courtroom. the jury is wrapping up their verdict. and the verdict will be announced. after the verdict is announced, there is a 30-minute cooling off period. and then here in virginia, they move directly into sentencing. we are expecting emotional testimony from family members on both sides and the we'll have a -- and we'll have a wrap- up. let me check real quick. still no verdict. we're still waiting for the verdict to come down. we'll let you know as soon as it does happen. >> we'll check back in with adam before the end of this

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the verdict is in in the george huguely murder trial. here is adam may.

>> reporter: we just got the word that the verdict is guilty of second-degree murder. he has been found guilty of second-degree murder. that was pretty much the second most serious charge that he was facing. he is not facing at this point here, according to the information we're getting from inside this courtroom, that he is not guilty of first-degree murder. onto the second-degree murder charge, george huguely would serve a maximum of 40 years in prison. he committed this crime at 20 years old. he'll be locked up until the age of 64 if he is sentenced under the maximum guidelines. the reaction inside the courtroom has been ratherrure hushed. we're -- rather hushed. we're not hearing major reaction from family members on either side right now. we're also getting word that he was found guilty of grand larceny. that was really one of the small, lesser charges here on the count sheet that was handed to the jury. the jury took about nine hours to reach this decision. what's going to happen here next is they're going to have

this 30-minute cooling off period ask then move right into sentencing. so by the end of the nice, we'll -- night, woo el-- we'll know exactly how many years george huguely will serve for the death of yeardley love. she came to the university of virginia to play lacrosse. she was really a star lacrosse player, very popular. then in may of 2010, after a tumultuous relationship with her on again, off again boyfriend, george huguely, she went home one night, after there was an argument a few days earlier about an affair she had had with another lacrosse player. she was inside her bedroom with the door shut when george huguely kicked in the door of her apartment, broke right into her bedroom. and according to the prosecution throughout this case, there was a very severe altercation that may have involved him beating her head up against the wall. the injuries to her body, according to the autopsy photos shown here in court were really quite horrifying. she had bruises all over her

face, all over her body. and yeardley love was alive for up to two hours after that beating. and george huguely left the apartment. he had numerous chances to tell people what happened, to call for help. that never did happen. so here saturday result of these actions. george huguely, a chevy chase native, just found guilty of second-degree murder. outside the courthouse right now, the media is lined up. no family members have walked outside of the courthouse just yet. but we are expecting very emotional reaction from people. george huguely's parents have been inside this courtroom throughout the entire trial, fighting for their son's life. and on the other side of the courtroom, you've had yeardley love's mother and her sister from baltimore county. and a very large group of supporters from maryland that have been down here through every day of this trial. the trial has been so meacial at times. because some of the evidence has been so graphic that yeardley love's mother had to walk out of the courtroom, literally in tears at one point. even the prosecutor in this

case, on saturday night, during closing arguments, he broke down in tears when he was trying to explain to the jury, what he said was, imagine what it was like for yardley love, the final moments of her life. he said, first she saw a foot coming through the door. then she saw george huguely. well, as of right now, the next thing george huguely is going to see is the inside of a virginia prison, where he is facing a sentence of between 10 and 40 years. we'll find out what that sentence is, later tonight, the recommendation from the jury. that's the very latest from charlottesville. back to you on television hill. >> adam, really quickly. have you any sense of the type of reaction we'll see? do you know if attorneys are planning to talk and discuss this case further? >> yes. there has been a podium set up outside here. there has been a gag order for the duringation of the trial. attorneys on both sides have not -- been able to say anything. to the extent that one day, i asked the prosecutor, how are you doing and there was a blank stare.

they didn't want to risk anything. as for family members, we know yeardley love's mother has been very quiet throughout this whole thing. you can imagine, it's devastating to lose her daughter to this tragedy. and on top of that, she lost her husband a few years earlier to medical. she is a lovely lady. i talked to her. i relayed information where friends of the family wanted to pass along that they're really praying for the love family. and she told me that she was so appreciative of all of the support that she has gotten from everybody back inside the baltimore area. but to answer your question directly, we don't know who will be talking. i can tell you, there has been a podium set up. this has been a national trial. all of the national news, as well as regional news, television news, radio news, newspapers. things that are tight-lipped.

people that are anxious to get out there and say more than they could say before all of this. >> and adam, what do you think was the overriding evidence that provided the jury enough information to come to this type of verdict? >> reporter: well, really, it's the george huguely confession. he basically went -- when he was hauled into that police department, just hours after the incident occurred and he was questioned, he did admit to certain aspects of this crime. and then he also lied about certain aspects of the crime. and he was caught up in those lies. so you have this combination of him telling police, yes, i was there. yes, i held her down. and yes, there was an argument. then he started saying during that confession tape that yeardley love was flinging out of the room, that she was out of control. and the jury just didn't really seem to buy all of that. they could kind of see through some of these lies that were coming out on the confession tape. and then on top of that, the police officer doing that

questioning also caught huguely in some lies, specifically his alibi that night. he tried to tell police that he was with some friends. those friends testified here in court that, in fact, they never saw george huguely. so i think it was a combination of that. and then just the pure physical evidence. i mean, george huguely's dna was on that door. the door was sitting inside the courtroom, vic. and it's hard to describe because we aren't allowed to put a television camera in a courtroom here in virginia. but imagine right next to the jury, you've got this big, white, six-panel door, the kind of door that most people have if their homes. and in the middle of it, there is a hole. it was about this big. and when the prosecutor said, imagine george huguely's foot coming through that door, and him barging in that room, i think that door sitting there throughout the course of this trial was very powerful evidence. not to mention the autopsy photos, which drove a lot of people in that courtroom to tears. >> adam, this is denise, if you can hear me. i know you mentioned earlier that the prosecutor was very

emotional in his wrap-up statements. when did he get emotional? what was the moment that got to him? >> reporter: it was actually near the beginning of his opening statements his opening statements lasted a little more than an hour. and what he started to do to open up his statements was kind of go through what he believes happened to yeardley love in the final moments of her life. and you have to imagine, this is basically every parent's worst nightmare, if you send your kid off to college and they end up meeting the wrong person, they get involved in a domestic abuse relationship. and then she ends up dead. and i think the prosecutor really drove home that point to the jury. and so he was going through the evidence. i think it was at the point exactly when he was saying that after george huguely barged in the room, that yeardley love curled up in the back corner of her bed, trying to escape. but she had nowhere to go. and he was in a drunken rage. he went in that room. and basically beat her to death. and then what the prosecutor

said in this, i think was when he really got choked up. and you could hear him crying. he said after all of this happened, he put yeardley love back in her bed, facedown on her pillow, with her arm to her side, palms up. and just left her there. bleeding. i mean, blood was coming out. her mouth. she was unable to move. and technically, she wasn't dead yet, according to the medical evidence that we saw in this trial. she lay there in her bed, for up to two hours, waiting, waiting for someone to come and help. and no one got there in time. it was maybe three hours or so after george huguely left the apartment that yeardley love's roommate and friend of hers walked into the apartment. they said that they opened up the door. they saw yeardley love laying in bed. they tried to wake her up. because they wanted her to go to a party or something down the street. and when they couldn't wake her up, they flipped her over, and they saw this horrible injury to her eye, the whole side of her face was bruised. there was the blood coming out of the mouth. that's when they called 911.

they removed yeardley love from the bed. they laid her on the ground. they tried to perform cpr. but it was to no avail. and yeardley love passed away, just weeks before she was to graduate here from the university of virginia. >> heartbreaking. >> of course, we are going to have much more on this. real quick question for you. did it surprise you, adam, that his teammates came and testified against him? >> reporter: it was very, very powerful testimony, as you can imagine. here you have members of the lacrosse team. many of them were roommates of george huguely. a couple of them knew him from before college days, from middle school and high school. and one by one, those uva lacrosse members took the stand and testified against george huguely. they said that he lied about his whereabouts that night. one of them even said that he witnessed huguely choking love on another event. very powerful testimony. >> okay, adam. thank you very much. >> we'll be back at 11

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