Two bullets killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and critically wounding a second trooper in the sniper attack. His fourth shot hit a tree.
Minutes after the jury issued it, a Pike County's sheriff climbed the courthouse cupola and rang the bell eight times, following a tradition that dates to the 19th century.
After a massive manhunt through the woods of Pike and Monroe Counties, Frein was captured by U.S. Marshals on October 30, 2014, near an abandoned airport hangar at Birchwood-Pocono Airpark in the Tannersville area.
Frein showed little reaction as the verdict was read after almost five hours of deliberation. Douglass pumped his fist and exclaimed, "Yes!"
Corporal Dickson's mother Darla was visibly choked up while the verdict was read. Dickson's widow, Tiffany Dickson, was not in the courtroom for the verdict.
District Attorney Ray Tonkin says Frein showed a "wickedness of heart" when he targeted the troopers at their barracks in 2014.
"The jurors did deliver full justice in this matter", he said. Closing arguments are set to begin at 1:15 p.m.
Prosecutors said Frein was hoping to start an uprising against the government when he opened fire with a rifle on the Blooming Grove barracks in the Pocono Mountains in 2014. Cpl.
All of those voices will follow the jury into the deliberation room as they decide Frein's penalty. They cross-examined few prosecution witnesses and did not present a defense.
The jury deliberated today for almost five hours as to whether they would sentence him to life in prison or death. That included testimony from Frein's family and friends about his father, who was "self-aggrandized", "narcissistic" and "glorified" combat and war.
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He was found guilty on all 12 counts, including first-degree murder and terrorism, according to Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin.
In the sentencing phase, defense needed to prove a mitigating circumstance by a preponderance of the evidence, a much lower burden of proof.
The defense told jurors that Frein grew up with an angry, domineering and abusive father who imparted his anti-government and anti-police views to him.
"He made me feel like someone actually loved me", Tiffany Frein said. "The Frein family was formed. on lies and anger". Only three people have been executed in Pennsylvania since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976. Frein worshipped his father.
Some of the testimony recounted the deadly sniper attack and manhunt for Frein that gripped the Northeastern United States and made worldwide news. "Deflect from the murderer and put him (Eugene Frein) on trial".
Also Tuesday, Eric Frein spoke for the first time in court, explaining that he would not to take the stand in his own defense. Frein can be heard repeatedly laughing on the recording.
Frein did not testify during his trial.
"What kind of a mother says to her son, 'Let's plan on the money for this awful story?' What kind of family is this?" George Bivens' shoulder and cried.
Weinstein said that Frein as a little boy, a Cub Scout who couldn't read, stuttered and was, to some extent, isolated from his school.
Tonkin said that as the boys slept, Cpl.
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