walter bishop, sr. had to say about his son. >> jurors heard from the father, and also heard from the defendant. walter bishop, senior -- walter bishop, jr. stood in front of the family of the victims. he said, i know if you will never be able to forgive me. he leaves the murder every day. it haunts me at my sleep. hans be what i am a week. he apologized to the jury for having to make life altering decision. >> nervous. real nervous. let me tell you. i just wanted to take him by his hand and lead him out of there. i know i could not. it is rough. >> walter bishop, senior spoke of his on regrets in a recent phone conversation he had with a son. walter bishop, jr. spoke about being afraid of him getting the death penalty. >> he said, i am scared. i said, i know you are. i would be scared as well. >> he was found of first-degree murder, and then -- >> it happened at the gas station on march 1, 2010. he claimed that the victim's wife had said her husband was abusing her. she pressured walter bishop into murdering her husband and promised to pay him $9,000. walter bishop said he considered it to pay child support debts. >> i closed my eyes. i

. >> walter bishop jr. made a final statement to porter's family. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. >> one person is recovering from a fiery car crash. this was on the 33rd street. a car struck a pole and burst into flames. one person was taken to the hospital. >> baltimore city is using a federal grant to improve the process of child custody exchanges. the city and state are setting up a supervised visitation and exchange program. >> staggered times for each of the parents. there will be security people. all those things are put in place to reduce the possibility of contact between the custodial and non custodial parent. >> it is slated to open in february. kerry cavanaugh spoke with a woman whose child was killed by her husband during a custodial and exchange. >> concern about illegal activity in mckeldin square. the mayor said she is worried that demonstrations may be encouraging people from reporting crimes. there was an assault and theft. a woman said she stayed in ape- and found her money gone. encouraging groups across the country to do th

a jury sentence made him eligible for parole, but walter bishop jr. will be in prison for a long time. >> barry sims has the latest on today's sentencing. >> he received two life sentences, one from the jury and the other from the judge. >> the jury sentenced him to life in cent -- in prison with possibility of parole. that was for his first-degree murder conviction. >> we had a fair trial. i am happy we have the opportunity. i accept what they say. >> absolute relief. these cases are very stressful and so much on the line. it is difficult to think any jury should be in the position of having to decide whether someone lives or dies. >> the judge gave bishop another life sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, plus 20 more years for a hand gun offense. all of the sentences to run consecutively. >> our understanding is that would make him eligible for parole in about 50 years. >> it has been very difficult. that is really all i have a. we appreciate all of the support of gone and the job that has been done. >> in a videotaped confession, he admitted t

the sentencing of walter best -- walter bishop, jr. takes an interesting turn tonight. his father takes the stand it tonight. he spoke -- was spoke spokebarry smims from bel-air. >> not only did walter bishop, senior take the stand, but we also heard from his son. walter bishop, jr. stood before the family of his victim. he expressed sorrow and regret saying, i know you will never be able to forgive me. he relives the murder every day. it haunts me in my sleep. it haunts me what i am a week. he apologized to the jury for having to make such a life altering decision. they heard from bishop's brand and the father. >> nervous. real nervous. i just wanted to take him by his hand and lead him out of there and i know i could not. it is rough. >> walter bishop, senior spoke of his on regrets. a recent phone conversation he had with his son. walter bishop, jr. told his father about being afraid of getting the death penalty. he said, i am scared. i said, i know. >> the same injury devout him guilty then determined he was eligible for a death sentence is also deciding what punishm

the decision of whether to sentence walter bishop jr. is still in the hands of a jury. >> first the jurors found the videotaped confession made him eligible for the death penalty under the revised capital punishment law. he will have to be sentenced for death -- they will decide if he will be sentenced to death for the murder. >> after five hours of deliberating, still no decision on whether walter bishop, jr., will be sentenced to death. the evidence is a video confession. he said did the wife promised to pay him $9,000 to kill her husband the. >> i went round the corner. i closed my eyes. >> the jurors found him guilty last week of a first-degree murder. now it will decide if he will face a death sentence or life in prison. the father testified in court and told reporters about a recent conversation with his son. he said bishop expressed fear of getting the death penalty. 26, i am scared. i said, if i was in your shoes, i would be scared as well. >> what i regret, not being there. i know he had a lot of hurt. it is just hard. >> before

walter bishop. >> he was convicted last week in the murder for hire of william parker. -- william porter. >> the jury did show mercy to walter bishop jr., but not the judge in the case. >> the jury sentenced walter bishop jr. to life in prison with the possibility of parole. >> i appreciate and respect the jury. we had an opportunity to have a fair trial. we had an opportunity to present all of that their evidence. they did an excellent job of doing their job, and i respect their decision. >> absolutely. these cases are very stressful. they go on for a long time. there is so much on the line. it is difficult to think any jury is in the decision of whether someone lives or dies. >> the judge imposed a full sentence for the charges he faced in the march 2010 killing at the gas station. the judge gave bishop another life sentence for the conspiracy to commit murder. all of the sentences to run consecutively. >> our understanding is it would make him eligible for parole in about 50 years. >> it has been obviously very difficult. that is all i have. we appreciate all the support i have gotten. >> bishops admitted shooting william ray porte

." >> before jurors went into deliberations, walter bishop jr. made one final statement to porter's family. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. >> closing arguments will begin in the corruption trial of ulysses currie. prosecutors have laid out a case accusing the democrat of taking payments from shoppers food warehouse in exchange for his influence in getting political favors. a man will spend the rest of this life in prison for murdering his ex-wife. a jury convicted him of stabbing his wife more than 100 times and then trying toet his home on fire. prosecutors say he flew into a rage after his wife sent a text message to him apologizing for having a miscarriage. >> charging documents show the gps of violence help police place looking crosby --lucky crosby at the scene at the time a girl was assaulted. >> it is not used in a real-time sense. it is not real-time, 24/7 active monitoring. it is not a crime-fighting tool. >> state officials say they do use real-time gps to track offenders. your cases where some offenders were able to escape survei

walter bibop admit -- bishop admits that he kills a gas station owner. but the jury spared his life. >> reporter: kai, not only did the jury decide walter bishop, jr., does not deserve to die. they also say he should have another chance to walk as a free man one day. >> reporter: the same jury that convicted 29-year-old walter bishop, jr., of capital murder, spared his life, rejecting the death penalty prosecutors pushed for. jurors sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. his defense attorney sobbed tears of joy in court. >> i think he was just biting his lip. i think we were all very emotional. >> emotions also ran high for the victim's family who had hoped for a death sentence. bishop shot and killed porter in exchange for a promise of $9,000. >> it's just obviously been very difficult. like i said, we just, you know, we appreciate all the support we've gotten. and the job that's been done. >> reporter: the key piece of evidence in this case, a rare piece of video evidence made bishop eligible for capital punishment. but the recording may have also saved him from an execution. >> reporter: jurors were convinced of bishop's st

>> reporter: denise, not only did a jury decide walter bishop, jr., did not deserve to die. they also say at some point, he should be given another chance to walk as a free man. >> reporter: the same jury that convicted 29-year-old walter bishop, jr., of capital murder, spared his life, rejecting the death penalty prosecutors pushed for. jurors sentenced bishop to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. his defense attorney sobbed tears of joy in court. >> i think he was just biting his lip. i think he -- you know, we were all very emotional. >> reporter: emotions also ran high for the victim's family, who had hoped for a death sentence. bishop shot and killed towson gas station owner, william ray porter in march 2010, in exchange for a promise of $9,000. >> it's just been obviously very difficult. that's obvious. like i say, we just really appreciate the support we've got and the job that has been done. >> reporter: the key piece of evidence in this case, a rare, videotaped confession made bishop eligible for capital punishment. >> i just went like this. >> reporte

that is absolutely the best case scenario for walter bishop , jr. you will remember his life was on the line, he was eligible for the death penalty but the jury sentenced him to life imprisonment with the chance he might walk free. the jury decided his own life is too high a price to pay for the crime. though the death penalty was on the table bishop was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for killing towson gas station owner william ray porter in march 2010. his family visibly emotional moments after. >> it has been just been obviously very difficult, that is all i have. i mean like i say we just appreciate all the support we have gotten and the job that has been done. >> jurors told the judge there were several reasons why they decided against capitol punishment. they said it was because he had never been convicted of a crime before. he was manipulated and acting under duress from the victim's wife carla accused of planning the plot. they also pointed to his lack of family support, drug addiction and mental illness as to why they had

durst spirit -- spare the life of walter bishop jr.. the judge also punished bishop with a life sentence plus 20 years for conspiracy to commit murder and tandy and violations. prosecutors believe it could be eligible for parole in 50 years. >> we had a fair trial. i am happy that we have that opportunity. >> absolutely. these cases are very stressful. they go on for a long time. it is difficult to think that any jury should be put in the position of having to decide weather someone -- whether someone lives or dies. karla porter will go on trial next year. >> the man convicted in the hit and run death will spend the next three months in jail. prosecutors say he hit the 77- year-old and left him for dead during this past january snowstorm. it happened a long mountain road in pasadena. he told the judge that he should not be entirely to blame because road conditions were bad. the victim was in the roadway. the judge responded by saying, i am not punishing you because you had the accident. i am punishing you because you left the scene. the

. >> it took a juryless than five hours to convict walter bishop jr. for gunning down gas station owner in march 2010 in exchange for $9,000. >> reporter: now 4 days into the sentencing phase, jury members have not reached a verdict on how bishop should pay for the crime. >> i walked in and i just -- i just closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. >> reporter: new state law bishop is else jolt to se the death penalty of this, because of this, a taped confession. including his own father, walter bishop sr. >> this ain't my boy. he ain't like that. if i had been a daughter back then, i don't think none of this would happen. >> reporter: bleeding for his life defense attorneys also argued he had no prior criminal charges. he was all but forced to shoot. he stands accused of o straiting the murder for hire plot. for the first time bishop himself addressed the victim's family. he said every morning i wake up and relive the event on march 1 march 1st. it hunts me when i'm sleep and hunts me when i'm awake. i'm sorry you lost your son. bishop was sobbing throug

the jurors found walter bishop jr. guilty of killing a man at a gas station. he was been hired to kill porter by a friend. >>> the judges will decide who can make medical decisions for a man being kept alive on a feeding tube. daniel sanger suffered severe brain damage following a heart attack. sanger's wife asked for the feeding tube to be removed last month. but his mother and brother got a court injunction to keep it in. until a judge could make a ruling on which decision is legal. >>> well, members of baltimore county said they didn't want a water tower in their county and the county listened. according to a letter, the county executive to the homeowners, the county decided not to build the 150-foot water tower because of opposition in owings mills. more than 1,000 people signed the petition against that project. there are now five additional sites being proposed. >>> police in carroll county are looking for suspects who destroyed dozens of grave marker at an historic cemetery, it happened in the st. john's cemetery behind the public library on main street

last week, the jury found walter bishop jr. guilty of shooting and killing william porter at a baltimore county station. >>> and hot debate in a frederick court today. a judge must decide if a man who had severe brain damage off a heart attack should remain on life support. his mother wants him to continue using a feeding tube but his wife doesn't. 55-year-old daniel sanger lost much of speaking and mobility after a heart attack in july. >>> we will hear from the maryland shock trauma surgeon and chief thomas salia who returned from a study of trauma care facilities in afghanistan and share his experiences there and they will include operating on some wounded trips and also speak about the lessons he learned along the way. >>> police are searching for vandals ho destroyed dozens of grave markers in an historic cemetery. it happened in st. john's cemetery behind the public library on main street in westminster. for the thirst time in less than 10 months some are entering the sacred grounds and toppling tombstones breaking some m

last week the jury found walter bishop jr. guilty of shooting and killing william porter. a baltimore county hes station. jurors will decide if bishop will receive the death penalty. >>> it is a maryland case that resembles the highly publicized and debated terri schiavo case. in frederick, judges will decide if a man who has to do brain damage after a heart attack should stay on life support and his mother wants to continue to get sustenance through a feeding tube but his wife doesn't. 55-year-old daniel senger lost most of his speech and other abilities after a heart attack in july. >>> thomas scalia recently returned from afghanistan and will share his experiences from the journey which include operating om some wounded troops and speak about lessons learned while overseas. >>> 6:48 this morning. >>> a program created to reduce the number of african-american boys in the juvenile justice system is expanding to girls and the program collaborates with the teens and their families encouraging the teens to address the underlying issues that are anti-social and deviant behavi

. >> reporter: it took a jury less than five hours to convict 29-year-old walter bishop, jr., of capital murder for gunning down hess gas station owner ray porter in exchange for $9,000. right now, four days into the sentencing phase, jury members have not reached a verdict on how bishop should pay for the crime. >> i just came towards his face. i just closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. >> under new state law, bishop is eligible to receive the death penalty because of this, a chilling, videotaped confession. defense attorneys talked about several who pointed to childhood illnesses and reasons he may have kill said. -- killed. >> this ain't my boy. if i had been a father back then, i don't think none of this would have happened. i blame half of it and more or less all of it on me. if i had been a father to him, this wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: police also argued that bishop had no priors on his criminal record. that he was all but forced to shoot porter. still, prosecutors pushed for capital punishment, painting a picture of a cold-hearted bishop. and for the first time, bish

jurors sentenced 29-year-old walter bishop jr. to live plus 20 years for the murder of william porter. >> he had a fair trial, so i'm happy that we had that opportunity. i accept what they say. >> absolute relief. you know, these cases are very stressful. they go on for a long time. there's much on the line. and it's difficult to think that any jury should be put in the position of having to decide whether someone lives or dies. >> he's the fifth person convicted in the conspiracy. the alleged mastermind, karla porter, will stand trial in the spring. prosecutors say bishop will not be eligible for parole until the year 2061. >> and then there were three. it seems a third woman has come forward to level accusations of sexual harass am by republican presidential candidate, herman cain. kate amara has more on how it's affecting the g.o.p. front-runner. >> good morning, jen. the third accuser says cain's unwanted behavior included an invitation to his corporate apartment. >> excuse me. excuse me. >> a testy herman cain wednesday, refu

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