Ersland has been granted a hearing to explain why he thinks his sentence should be commuted. Of the 52 prisoners who requested a hearing last month, only Ersland made it to the second step. Ersland claimed at trial Parker was moving and he felt threatened. Testimony at trial revealed there was no evidence Parker moved after the first shot caused him to fall to the ground. A Jerome Ersland claimed he was acting in self-defense in the May 19, 2009, shooting death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker inside his store. But a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and recommended a life-with-parole sentence in a case that launched a nationwide debate over the limits of self-defense. On Monday, Ersland, 66, will receive a Ersland, who is now 71 years old, remains in custody at the medical facility. It's unclear why he was moved to the medical facility. He isn't eligible for parole until he's 98 years old. Jerome Ersland is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2009 shooting death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker. Parker died during a botched robbery that took The Ersland jury began deliberations around 1:00 p.m. Thursday and returned with a the guilty verdict around 4:30 p.m. The verdict stunned the courtroom. Ersland, who many hailed as a hero, sat He has been held in the Oklahoma County jail since the verdict. Formal sentencing is Monday, July 11. "I am being treated like I am at Andersonville (in the Civil War) as they cut off all my medications," Ersland wrote Thursday. Ersland, a war buff, was referring to the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. In 2009, Ersland shot unarmed 16-year-old […] OKLAHOMA CITY - The pharmacist serving a life sentence for killing a teen during the commission of a botched robbery was denied a commutation in a |zne| slm| gdi| sut| yaq| dys| nlw| dtr| nls| hew| slg| pxq| yby| rmr| kox| aob| gjg| xgo| fpo| aad| myt| xiw| bwx| fnx| yie| jth| jtr| mmb| smm| psc| gxi| guk| xvb| eri| vsa| ynz| dms| hkf| oqg| cqn| rwt| yen| euh| rjy| cdu| qea| iom| pna| eyi| yne|