huguely in the murder of
yeardley love.
more on what people are saying
about the trial's dramatic
conclusion.
>> reporter: right before that
verdict was read, george
huguely made the sign of the
cross.
and then, hours later, when he
found out he could be in prison
until he is 50 years old, he
put his hands over his face and
started to weep.
>> reporter: at the university
of virginia, students debate
the conviction and sentence of
george huguely.
the former lacrosse player,
found guilty of second-degree
murder, could serve 26 years in
prison.
>> there is definitely this
kind of unresolved tension
about it.
>> i think that it's fair.
>> i think second-degree murder
was pretty fair.
>> reporter: the verdict came
after nine hours of
deliberations.
jurors did not believe huguely
planned to kill his ex-
girlfriend, yeardley love.
but they also didn't think it
was an accident.
instead, they ruled the beating
death in her off-campus
apartment in may 2010, was an
intentional disregard for...