francis lawrence was walking down the street after. he made a comment at the podium. the question from me was, what did you mean about a correction? and that was something that he said at the podium, brian. he made a statement saying that there's going to be a correction about what happened here tonight. but he declined to clarify that to the reporters at the podium and that's why i was walking down the street trying to get him to respond. we don't know what he meant. but 26 years for george huguely and the formal sentence will come in april. brian. >> paul wagner. the family of yeardley love has sent us a statement. in fact, quite the opposite. this truly devastating to wake up each day and realize she is no longer here. we will continue to keep her spirit alive by performing works of kindness in her name. we'd like to thank the commonwealth for his tireless easts on our on our behalf. >>> rejecting a bill that would require women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound before going through an abortion. bob. >> brian, what we're talking about here is an invasive ultraso

some corrections in what happened here tonight. >> and there you heard the defense attorney francis lawrence talking about a potential appeal in the case. that's something they will talk more about in the coming months and years ahead. we didn't hear from sharon and lexie love but they released a statement. very a portion for you here. at hour, they released a statement saying our hearts burst with pride when we think of yardly's accomplishments but melt when they remember her kindness and grace. intelligence -- choices that she made every day without a second thought. that is what we have heard from the love family at this hour. once again, the former uva lacrosse player convicted of second degree murder in the killing of yardly love and he has been sentenced to 26 years. we are live in charlottesville. >> he has been all over the trial since it started, you can check out his feed ever day for all the latest from baltimore and beyond. we want to hear what you think. join the conversation right now on the facebook fan page, abc 2news.com/facebook. >> the latest now on a mom who police say st

defense attorney francis lawrence talked about making a correction. he did not explain what he meant by that. i'm julie carey. >> thank you. here in washington tonight the senate sergeant at arms is warning capitol hill staffers to be aware of potentially dangerous letters. that warning comes after some suspicious letters were sent to house speaker john boehner and other lawmakers. all of them had a harmless powdery substance inside. but authorities say the author of those letters made threats that additional letters could be dangerous. >>> the final four republican candidates took the stage in arizona tonight. ahead of important primaries in michigan and arizona tuesday they battled over who is the true conservative. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: four candidates debated in arizona but just two are tied in the key race in michig michigan. rick santorum and mitt romney. and romney went after his rival. >> i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> government that's the size of the economy went down

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in fact, francis lawrence, the defense attorney for george yugley, told the jury it's going to come down to, quote, a battle of medical science. he said george yugley left love's apartment that night. all show had was a nose bleed. he never intended to harm her. the most the jury should consider is that it's involuntary pant in the opening statement to the jury, the commonwealth attorney said that y ardley love and the man were in a on-and-off relationship. and twice before dieing, they were involved in violent encounters, one in which he was seen choking love and the other involved love hitting yugley with her purse. chapman then told the jury saying he sent her an e-mail the friday before she died where he threatened to kill her n. an hourlong presentation, the commonwealth attorney told the seven men and seven women on the jury that she died of blunt force trauma to the head. the medical examiner found coptubeions at the base of her brain stem and damage to the artery in her neck. investigators found love's dna under his fingernails and his finger -- dna under her fingernails and he t

huguely attorney, francis lawrence, said their relationship was an on-again, off-again one where they cheated on each other throughout, and that tempers flared both ways. lawrence said medical experts would prove club died from positional asphyxia, by laying unwired in her bed after mixing alcohol with prescription drugs. huguely was said to have said "nothing i did last night would have killed her." yeardley love's mother was first called to the stand where she broke down several times during opening statements in had to be consoled. she kept her composure as she told the court how police came to her to tell her that her daughter had died. her testimony was short and to the point, as was that from her sister and cousin, basically talking about going up to uva to gather her positions -- to gather her possessions after the death. her roommate and best friend was the last to see her alive and to first or find her dead, sobbed as she told the court that when she saw her badly injured body, it was too much for her to bear, so she went outside and called her own mother. she recalled how vi

but defense attorney francis lawrence said huguely took it so yeardley would reach out to him. was an afterthought. in a closing argument that lasted more than an hour and a half, lawrence told the jury that he played a role, but it was not calculated. just a clumsy attempt to get her to talk by a drunk boy athlete. larches also implored the jury to watch the video with police and crying when he viewed it in court last week. both men spent a considerable amount of time discussing the medical evidence, much of it in dispute. yeardley love died due to blunt force trauma to the head. chapman says love was beaten before she was left to die. but the last witness of the day and the last witness for the defense, a brain surgeon, told the jury he examined the evidence in the case and does not believe love died from blunt force trauma. outside the courthouse, he told reporters she died from lack of oxygen to the brain. when this jury returns to this courthouse here in downtown charlottesville next wednesday at 9:00 a.m., they will have a number of charges to consider. including robbery,

francis lawrence asked the jury instead to carefully consider an involuntary manslaughter verdict, saidnce, george huguely contributed to her death. but no, he did not kill her. he left her there alive. this is not in dispute. love's body was found by her roommate about two hours after huguely left the apartment when they got the case earlier this evening, jurors said they were too tired to start deliberations. so because of the holiday, they won't be back until wednesday morning. in charlottesville, july cary, news 4. >>> the man accused of a plan to bomb the capitol building, prayed just beforehand. the fbi says he was not a regular worshipper at the mosque. this is the same mosque where anwar al alaki once served as imam. the mosque's current i ma'am is among a group of muslim leaders who regularly meet with the fbi. >>> a car crash in prince georges county. tonight, a young mother is gone and police are still looking for the man behind the wheel. darcy spencer joins us live. >> reporter: well, aaron, i was able to speak to those family members tonight. they were obviously extremely

but when the defense began its closing statement, francis lawrence began by saying the e- mail threat was hyperbole. to yardleylove, he said it was a ripple in the word. george has a role in her death, we don't deny that but there was no intent. it's just different from the way that the prosecution had portrayed it. george didn't know love was dead. he thought it was a routine investigation that morning of an event the night before. he was distraught when he learned the truth. lorensen said that he was a stupid drunk. it was not calculated. he was just a boy athlete. he just wrapped his closing argument about 20 minutes ago and then the prosecution has a chance to do a rebuttal argument. we are expecting that's what's going on right now in the courtroom behind me. >> paul, supposing that the jury gets the case this afternoon, what are the plans? are deliberations going to go late into the night? >> reporter: that has never been clear. the judge has said he wanted to have the case wrapped up by today but there is a gag order in place. we don't know exactly what he means. we don't know

but defense attorney francis lawrence told the jury the theft of the computer is petty larceny at first and huguely only took it so yeardley would reach back out to him it was an after thought in a closing argument, that lasted an hour and a half lawrence told the jury, george huguely played a role in yeardley love's death it was just a clumsy attempt to get her to talk by a drunk boy athlete, lawrence implored the jury to watch the interview with police, remind them huguely was crying when he viewed it in court last week both men spent a considerable amount of time discussing medical evidence in the case. most in dispute the common wealth says yeardley died from cardiac arrhythmia, due to blunt force drama to the head. the last witness of the day, last witness for the defense, a brain surgeon. >> how did she die. >> told the jury he examined the evidence in the case and does not believe love died from blunt force trauma. outside the courthouse he told reporters she died from lack of oxygen to the brain. >> that was fox 5s. paul wagner reporting he will be there when deliberations begin

defense attorney, francis lawrence says a video tape of his interview will show he's not, that huguelythought love had a bloody nose when he left. he didn't do anything that would have killed her, lawrence says the defendant should only be charged with involuntary manslaughter, not first-degree murder. >> if it was an accident, if he left believing he was alive, if he believes that he had not done anything to commit murder, that's relevant because he had to form the criminal intent for premeditation. >> and there was emotional testimony from a crucial witness, katie whitly, who broke down on the stand as she described how she was the one who found her roommate, yeardley love, dead in bed. >> and there's the tricky matter of the laptop computer that huguely took as he left love's apartment. the defense says he wanted to use it as collateral to have an excuse to talk to her again, not to destroy evidence. that computer was later found in the trash. >> it seem as if it might be difficult to find huguely innocent in the face of the medical examiner's report that says love died of blunt for

asked francis lawrence she didn't express any fear of george, did she? no replied burns. burns also testified he was occasionally intimate with love. in yesterday's testimony burns was the subject of an angry e-mail hughley sent just days before love's death reading, i should have killed you. but perhaps the most dramatic moments came when for the first time prosecutors showed jurors photographs of a dead yordly love, her body on the floor of her bedroom, emts still working on her, her eye bruised and swollen shut. love's mother and sister broke into tears, sobs audible in the courtroom. george huguely looked down. a few jurors initially looked away. said when shaw i made a comment of the fact she had a very large bruise on her face. so the officer leaned over and took a picture. charlottesville detective sean bails rushed to the scene when he learned cpr was being performed. prosecutors say a drunk, angry george huguely kicked the door in before shaking love and hitting her head against the wall. the young lady on the ground was obviously the victim of some act of violen

that concerned the defense attorney francis lawrence because they believe what the jury might be hung up on is instruction number 23 and instruction number 14. it gets into legalese, i'm not a lawyer, it's hard for me to explain it but it had something to do with the robbery part of this because if you've been following, he's charged with not only robbery and taking the computer from yeardley lover but breaking and entering as well as larceny. so it may have something to do with the murder along with the taking of the computer. >> deliberations continue down there in charlottesville, virginia. paul wagner, thanks for the update. >>> v.a. governor bob mcdonnell is opposing a bill that requires women seeking abortions to get vaginal ultrasounds. mcdonnell, a social conservative appealed for amendments to the bill minutes before it was to be debated in the house. it has already won passage in the senate. mcdonnell issue add statement that reads in part -- issued a statement that reads in part, mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the

the street, and tried to talk to him as they weret walking up the street, and thiss is what francis lawrence had to say to night question about what he meant about correcting here.r >> mr. lawrence, what did youha mean t by correcting?c caorn you expand on that? >> no, thank you. >> how's george doing? courageous and resilient.ie >> -- time has not made us miss yeardley any less. quite of opposite, it is trulyly devastating to wake up each dayc and realize she is no longerer here. we will continue to keep her spirit alive by performing workg of kindness in her name. we would like to thank thethe commonwealth, and particularly dave chapman for his tirelesses efforts on our behalf. so this two and a half week trial is now over.. allison and tony? >> paul, the next, what doesha happen as far t as the actual te george huguely does get? and is that real-time there in virginia? >> reporter: yes, truth intr septembering here, allison, there is no parole in virginia,v so whatever the jury decides to do, to give george huguely is what he has to serve. and the jury did know that. dave chapman told the

george huguely said he didn't feel comfortable proceeding, but the judge told francis lawrence to move ahead. the judge has told the defense to be ready to go tomorrow morning. they have two key medical experts to call. julie carey, news4, charlottesville. >> both george huguely and love lived in maryland. we're told that case could go to the jury as early as tomorrow. >>> in annapolis, maryland delegates are back in session, scheduled to take a vote on legalizing gay marriage. lawmakers think they have enough delegates to pass this measure. they considered a handful of amendments, including one that would delay the date from this october to next january. this is a twit pic of legislators debating this. a final vote is expected on gay marriage in maryland by the end of the day. >>> coming up, you might have seen their ad on the super bowl, but a flower delivery company is ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie bever

. >> huguely attorney francis lawrence said love's death was a tragic accident, a combination of injuries inflicted by huguely and the alcohol she drank earlier that night. lawrence dismissed huguely's threatening e-mail as hyperbole and portrayed huguely is incapable of planning and carrying out love's murder, calling his client stupid, drunk, and not calculating -- a boy athlete. lawrence suggested jurors consider the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter instead of premeditated murder. legal experts say huguely's trunkenness the night of love's death may bolster that case. >>> well, legally, if george huguely was so drunk that he couldn't form a coherent thought, then he can't be guilty under virginia law of first-degree murder. >> now huguely faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> a profanity laced shouting match last week between d.c. council members david katanya and marion barry has triggered new legislation. the council chair kwame brown says he wants too amend the council code of conduct to ban members from using vulgar or abu

the defense began its case after 3:00 this afternoon with the defense attorney francis lawrence calling for the stand of toxicologies from virginia commonwealth university who testified what he thought would have been yeardley love's blood alcohol level at the time of the death. he believes that it was about 16 to 18 that his point, that 0.18, i should say and thought it could be that high, although the state said in the autopsy report her blood alcohol content was .14. there is a doctor on the stand, one of six, we believe, we're going to be seeing in the defense case. shawn? >> thank you for the update tonight. >>> jury selection began in the day trial of five men accused of several deadly shootings in the district. onland on, carter, jeffrey best, lamar williams and boast on trial right now. prosecutors claim four of men shot a man and led to a retaliation killing the next day and later killed a 17-year- old and opened fire on south capitol street with a assault weapon, a semi automatic pistol killing three teenagers. >> attempt a culpeper police officer shot and po- year-old -- 40-y

and talk to yeardly love and he didn't do anything to harm her in fact, the defense attorney, francis lawrence characterized hughly as being distraught in a video that was made of an interview that hughly dave to police the morning after he didn't know -- hughly gave to police the morning after he didn't know she died he said i didn't do anything to harm her there is no way she is dead defense believes this will come down to a battle of medical science where they are going to put experts on to say how yeardly love died again prosecution believes blunt force trauma to the head defense says she died another way that she was highly intoxicated she had taken atterol and that she died from quote unquote, positional shifting in bed and was alive for 2 hours after george hughly left the apartment. alison. >>> paul thank you very much. i know that paul is again covering this today and you can follow up on paul's blogs or his tweets and also all the latest on myfoxdc.com. >>> all right it is now 9:09 a.m. as we told you a little while ago we have a special guest in our studio this morning. >> none othe

francis lawrence dismissed the threatening e-mail as hyperbole and portrayed his client as incapable of planning and carrying out love's murder calling him stupid, drunk, and not calculating. a boy athlete. >>> he suggested to jurors that they consider a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter instead of premeditated murder. legal experts say huguely's drunkenness the night of love's death may bolster that case. >> well, legally, if george huguely was so drunk that he couldn't form a coherent thought, then he can't be guilty under virginia law of first-degree murder. >> reporter: huguely is facing from one year to life in prison. in all, george huguely faces 6 charges ranging from murder to robbery to burglary. >> thanks, jane. >>> a setback for supporters of virginia's gps tracking bill. that measure would have made it illegal to secretly use an electronic device to track a person's movements. but today a senate committee killed the bill by a vote of 9-6. the bill was introduced after a man who lived in loudoun county complained that a private investigator hired by his estranged w

. >> reporter: and that lastst person was francis lawrence, the defense attorney.rney the love familytho speaking to the news media, same with the huguelys, but the love family did release a statement,t and it reads in part, time isis not miss yeardley any less. quite the opposite, it is truly devastating to wake up every day and realize she is no longer here. we will continue to keep her spirit alive by performing workg of ki ndness in her name. we would like to thank the commonwealth and particularlypa rtdave chapman. we tried to speak with some jurors as they left. none of them decided they wanted to comment.t. the judge told them they could if they wanted to, but all of them declined. tony and allison?son? >> paul, thank you very much.mu now, joining us now with more on this case is a scott bolden, managing party at reed smith. >> let's talk about the verdict. george huguely was found guiltyy of second degree murder asas opposed to first degree murder, what's the difference between those two so we understand whata was going on here? >> the virginia statute is interesting.re premed