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Jurors To Decide Life Or Death In Sampson Trial After Day Of Dark Closing Arguments

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In this 2004 file photo, Gary Lee Sampson, center, is escorted into Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole/AP)
In this 2004 file photo, Gary Lee Sampson, center, is escorted into Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole/AP)

On Thursday afternoon, a federal jury in Boston is expected to begin its deliberations over what sentence an admitted killer and car jacker deserves.

Closing arguments in the sentencing trial of Gary Lee Sampson ended up lasting the whole day on Wednesday.

WBUR's David Boeri reports on the battle over whether Sampson deserves death or life in prison.

This segment aired on January 5, 2017.

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