Pamela Phillips sentenced to life in prison without parole

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last month a jury of 12 found Pamela Phillips guilty of hiring a hit man to kill her husband today she received her sentence nine on your side was in the courtroom for the decision I just want everybody to know that I am innocent I am innocent I am innocent okay and I'm really really this is hard so hard for me it's a nightmare and we have Team coverage with Cory Marshall live downtown at the courthouse Justin sheer in The Newsroom with reaction to the sentence but let's begin with Cory Gary was my husband Stella a judge handing down that maximum sentence today natural life in prison without the possibility of release essentially overriding that lesser sentence tied to the conviction of first degree conspiracy to commit first-degree murder rather now we knew from the very beginning that the death penalty was not an option in this case because of an treaty an extradition treaty between the US and Austria and emotional albeit Ang Pamela Phillips addressing her ex-husband murdered Tucson businessman Gary triano's surviving family for the very first time in court I just want everybody to know that I am innocent I am innocent I am innocent okay and I'm really really this is hard so hard for me it's a nightmare this is a nightmare okay it's happen a nightmare and Gary was my husband okay Gary was my husband and he was the the father of my children and I am innocent and I want everybody to know that this is been a travesty and it's a nightmare for me okay and I don't understand how how this can even happen right but I want you all to know that I am innocent The Plea moments before hearing she'll spend the rest of her life in prison the sentencing comes one month after jurors convicted Phillips of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder guilty of hiring a hit man to kill her ex-husband Gary Triano back in 1996 a separate jury convicted Hitman Ronald Young in 2010 triano's children calling out their former stepmother in court his life was taken as the result of greed hate and Malice Philips attorneys arguing her innocence until the end she doesn't have remorse because she didn't do this and it's not just a tragedy for my client it's not this a tragedy for r young it's not just a tragedy for the people that care about them it's a tragedy for the victims in this case because the real perpetrators aren't going to be brought to Justice now coming back out here live we're going to toss things over to Justin sheer live in The Newsroom and Justin you spoke with members of the Triano family earlier today that's right Cory it was a very emotional day in the courthouse as you saw as well now Gary Tran's son Brian delivered a message on behalf of his family it was one of gratitude and relief as for Pamela Phillips attorney she said he says based on the evidence this is an unjust outcome he'll take with him to the Grave Gary triano's loved ones leave the courthouse knowing the woman convicted of plotting their father and brother's murder will be locked up the rest of her life triano's eldest son Brian my family and I would just like to say that we're glad this is finally over and we'd like to thank all our friends and everyone who supported us through this entire time and we're sorry that it had to come to this because this woman was actually part of our family what did Pamela say to you immediately after the sentence came down she basically said I think if I remember right how can this be happening Pamela Phillips attorney maintains his client is not responsible for her ex-husband's death the fact that she's going to prison is going to eat away at me the rest of my life and my career and that's going to you know I'll just have to deal with myself but I can't imagine what Pam's going through as for Philip's plea of Innocence to the family inside the courtroom I'm not surprised that she said something I'm just surprised that she decided to speak to us we just thought it was a bit of a bizarre statement uh for her to do and but that was all that's what she's been saying all along but clearly she's not and and two different jurries have have said so Philip's attorney says this is the first time he's defended someone he believes is innocent and lost trano son also thanked the Pima County Sheriff's Department for its hard work investigating his father's murder live in The Newsroom I'm Justin sheer kga n on your side
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Channel: KGUN9
Views: 968,242
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Length: 4min 40sec (280 seconds)
Published: Fri May 23 2014
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