and i thought the brutality was undescribable. >> my officer was fighting for what was right and that helped us through this trial to make sure that what was right was done in the end. >> after the verdict, the murrays thanks the prosecutors, police and the media. >>> closing arguments continue in a trial that is wrapping up in baltimore. defense lawyers for maryland state senator ulysses currie are expected to summarize their defense later today. he is charged with bribery, extortion and conspiracy all related to payments of almost $250,000 from shopper's food warehouse. he could get up to 20 years on the extortion charge alone. >>> now to developing claims against herman cain. a third woman now tells the associated press that she considered filing a workplace complaint against cain. his cam tape is denying that the former business ceo did anything wrong and is denouncing what it calls a smear campaign. cape's campaign is blaming gop rival rick perry's operation of being behind the other two harrassment claims. the republican presidential candidate avoided addressing the issue during

. >> it is undescribable.at you'll be in college and you have to bury a friend. >> reporter: the state university community was grieving on sunday. no longer would 19-year-old courtenay mccoy lift her voice to heaven with her fellow student. >> simply put faith in god that even in circumstances such as these we believe that he does all things well. >> reporter: the sophomore would no longer counsel freshmen at the dorm where she was a resident assistant. >> she e joyed life. she danced. she sang. >> reporter: police arrested another student. 23 years old. charged her with first and second-degree murder. police say mccoy and liggins were at a party and then both women got into an argument and stepped outside the home and they say liggins

. >> it's undescribable. there's no way to tell.and we embraced and everybody said that -- that we just held each other for almost a minute. it's undescribable what you feel. >> she said, you want to go pack your stuff up? i said no, throw it all away. >> if it worked i wouldn't have spent 17 years on death row. >> ernest willis' journey leaves many wondering how many more cases like his are out there. >> i think the biggest lessons that anyone involved in criminal law can draw is that if there an arson case that was investigated prior to the development of the science can question the reliability of those convictions. >> when we have an exoneration whether it's through dna or through people coming to their senses about arson and somebody let out of prison that's been in there for 17 years, that's the judicial equivalent of a train wreck. >> another texas man, cameron todd willingham was convicted of arson using the same fire investigation techniques that center nest willis to death row. based on an independent invest gagd, fire ana

. >> i feel the brutality was undescribable. >> phyllis murray breaks down in tears after a montgomery county jury found brittany norwood guilty of killing her daughter, janan murray. >> more than anything i know the trauma our family has been through. i want no other family to go through this. >> the murray family wanted the jury to find norwood guilty of first degree murder, giving the judge the option to sentence her to life in prison. >> her father said it brought justice. >> mr. murray, what was going through your head when you heard guilty, first degree? >> total relief. total relief. >> jana's brother holds back tears. >> today has been an unbelievably stressful day. i actually wish i never had to hear any of these words. hearing that we got a first degree murder verdict is very pleasing. >> they thanked god. >> the murrays have an undying faith in christ. >> jana murray was smart, athletic and cared for others. >> she was a beautiful person. she would have turned 31 years old on november 22nd. her family wants a judge to sentence brittany norwood to life in prison without the p

and i felt the brutality was undescribable. >> her mother, father, and two brothers sat through a gruelingnd graphic trial. sharing hugs of joy and relief with jayna murray's cheerful friends after the verdict was read in court. >> i think to an individual family member, we are all looking for that new normal. for some, it could come tomorrow. for most of us, i suspect it will come over years. >> jayna murray was a 30-year- old texten, outgoing and athletic. killed so violently last march 11. most everybody in the courtroom turned their heads suddenly and gasped aloud when an autopsy photo was shown to the jury during closing arguments this afternoon. >> my sister was fighting for what was right and that helped us through this trial to make sure that what was right was done in the end. >> we want the community to know. we want the world to know how strong of an individual she was. how strongly she believed in right and wrong. she was a beautiful person. sheready contributed 30 years of beauty to the world and we believe that she would have contributed beauty to the world for another 90 yea

. >> and i felt the brutality was undescribable. >> reporter: defense attorney douglas wood had hopeda verdict on second degree murder, thus drastically reducing the probable sentence that. did not happen. it's first degree murder conviction an the prosecution is going to life in prison without the opportunity for par role. sentencing is set for january. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in our other top stories, closing arguments continue this morning in the trial of maryland senator ulysses currie. his lawyers are due to wrap up their defense today. he is facing charges of conspiracy, extortion and bribery for accepting $245,000 from the shoppers food supermarket chain. >>> two people rescued and hospitalized after an early morning house fire. they were pulled from the home around 4:00 this morning. one is in serious condition and is expected to survive. another victim is in critical condition. the fire was bad enough that firefighters had to evacuate the home and just fight it from the outside. >>> republican presidential hopeful herman cain denying claims from a third woman now. she

. >> to get hit by lightning, the feeling is -- it's pretty much undescribable because it happens sohe rush. you feel the current travel through your body. i was worried that i might have been paralyzed. >> barker, new york, for sam and his girlfriend, kim, october 3, 2008, began as an ordinary day. they were unfaze unfaced by the darkening skies above. >> we get a lot of rain around here, so you really don't think much about the skies. >> we had some errands to do, so jumped into the truck and came to get gas. this is the gas station we got it here. >> this is the station we were at. >> pump three. >> pump number three it is. >> i left a little bit of me behind there at the pump. >> at the local k & k foot matter, the store's surveillance camera captured what happens. that's sam dressed in hunting camouflage. >> paid for my gas, had a little conversation with the patrons inside. >> among them, amelia joy. it's just by luck that he's safe inside when an explosion rocks the gas station. >> while i was in the store, i went to the counter to change my pump number, and that's when it all

. >> i feel like the brutality was undescribable. >> today has been an unbelievably stressful day. actually wish i never had to hear any of these words. hearing that we got a first degree murder verdict is very pleasing. >> reporter: and you can just hear the raw emotion in the voice of jana murray's brother who we just heard from. we're expecting more tributes like this one here near the lululemon store as people react to this verdict. brittany norwood will be sentenced at the end of january. she could face life without parole. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us this morning. megan, thank you. >>> shortly after the verdict, john mccarthy thanked the montgomery county police department, the murray family and the jury. >> as i said to them during the course of this trial, this was an horrific, difficult case. and i'm sure for the men and women selected from this community to serve as a jury, this was a hard case. these were difficult facts to listen to and to judge. >> brittany norwood's family came to court every day as well but never spoke publicly. they said

and i felt the brutality was undescribable. >> my sister, um, was fighting for what was right and that helped us through this trial, to make sure that what was right, was done in the end. >> the murrays were very appreciative after the verdict thanking the jury, police media, fox 5s paul wagner joins us onset he has been following the case since day one done the daily debriefings with us. i guess the first question were you surprised at the quickens of the verdict, it took less than an hour. >> i have been doing these jury trials for quite awhile now i can't really be surprised by what a jury does we heard lawyers say that all the times the true you just can't predict what a jury is going to do. i actually was telling some of janas friends last night i thought they might take the night because there was so much to go through and the judge said they were only going to let them deliberate until 7:30 p.m. we were up in the hallway outside the courtroom, suddenly there was a movement, people moving around and i saw the state's attorney coming through and we knew something was up and it was

family has been through i want no other family to go through this, and i felt the brutality was undescribable. >> my sister was fighting for what was right and that helped us through this trial to make sure what was right was done in the end. >>> after the verdict the murray's thanked the prosecutors, police and media. >>> the man suspected in the murder of a maryland woman and her child is back in montgomery county. curtis lopez was extradited from north carolina, arrested after jane mcclean was found murdered in her clarks burg home the body of her 11-year- old son william was found a week later. lopez is charged in the woman's death charges in the boy's death will likely be filed soon. >>> four suspected militia members, all senior citizens are accused of creating a bucket list of officials they wanted to kill their idea came from the online novel absolve where right wing militia members upset about gun control, take aim at the government their plot included explosives and a deadly toxin. >>> two individuals purchased a silencer and material they thought was c 4 explosive it was inert mate