LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – This week marked two years since Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was stabbed to death outside his Summerlin home.
Last week, former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was convicted by a jury on a first-degree murder charge after a 13-day trial.
That same jury recommended a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.
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Seven women and five men listened to dozens of witnesses and saw over 400 pieces of evidence.
FOX5 went behind the verdict and sat one-on-one with Gregory Whitney, the jury foreperson who was in charge of deliberations for the 12-person jury.
VICTORIA: What was the toughest part for you when it came to the evidence?
JUROR: I would have to say staying impartial throughout the entire thing while you are hearing every bit of evidence as the case is going on. A lot of people at home are thinking it’s cut and dry but we have to actually put our biases and opinions aside and hear the entire thing.
VICTORIA: By Telles taking the stand, he looked directly at the jurors and gave his testimony by narrative do you think that ultimately really hurt his case?
JUROR: For a few of us it really did because listening to Draskovich up until that point he was actually starting to create a little narrative of reasonable doubt… once he took the stand that’s when we started noticing more holes in his story.
VICTORIA: His body language really did change from talking to the jury to when he was being cross examined did that stick to you?
JUROR: We did notice especially when they brought out the text message from the wrist watch that’s when part of his narrative shifted that’s when we noticed a lot of his inconsistencies in his story, like you have all this evidence against you and you say it was planted. As much as we want to believe your story we need some kind of evidence to back it.
VICTORIA: Deliberation was a little more than 12 hours, did you guys come in Wednesday with your mind already made up?
JUROR: A lot of I think were thinking on it over night, we were 11 and 1 and when we went over that comparison of them walking did more comparison on the vehicle and it wasn’t until we made that notice with the arm swaying and the stature of the gate that’s when we kind of realized that was enough for her to make the switch over.
VICTORIA: How did this trial impact your life?
JUROR: Quite a bit at the end of everything in our group chat, we all have slight PTSD without realizing it.
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