Jury deliberations to begin in Georgia hot-car death trial
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The jury is ready to begin deliberations in the murder trial of a Georgia man whose toddler son died after being left for hours in a hot car.
Jurors were scheduled to start weighing evidence Tuesday morning in the month-long trial of Justin Ross Harris. Prosecutors say Harris intentionally left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, to die his SUV in the parking lot of his suburban Atlanta workplace June 18, 2014. Defense attorneys say Harris loved his son and the death was a tragic accident.
Both sides delivered nearly five hours total of closing arguments Monday and the judge sent the jury home before deliberations could start.
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Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark planned to adjourn court at noon Tuesday to give jurors time to cast Election Day ballots.