After 21 hours of deliberation over four days, the jury said that they found Justin Harris guilty on all eight counts which had been set against him, in their first vote.
Harris, 35, was charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, first-degree cruelty to children, and second-degree cruelty to children.
Cooper’s father will likely now spend the next 30 years in a Georgia State prison , and possibly until the day he dies
case gripped Georgia and drew national attention after investigators cast doubt on Harris’ claim that his son’s death was a tragic accident of lapsed memory – something his defense team stuck to throughout testimony. But investigators said he may have wanted the toddler out of his life to allow him to carry on a string of extramarital affairs.
Justin Ross Harris’ ex-wife opened up in an emotional Facebook post, hours after he was found guilty of leaving their son Cooper to die in a hot car back in 2014.
Leanna Taylor, who took the stand in defense of her ex-husband, insisted she was ‘not ok’ and that the verdict hadn’t brought her peace since it couldn’t erase the pain of losing her child.
I cannot imagine anything good coming out of this case, a family and lives have been lost and shattered, all because of negligence. How can Harris think anything good would come out of leaving your child in a hot car while at work? It makes no sense to me, but then again who knows how the human mind works.
What do you think?