MORE: Sister pleads for jury to spare her brother’s life
After Grevious’ older and younger sisters told the jury how much they love him and how much more he has to offer, it was his turn to face the jury.
“I want to one day be a better father to my child,” Grevious told the jury.
The statement was unsworn as part of the mitigation phase of the trial, meaning prosecutors could not cross examine Grevious.
While in the witness box, he turned to the families of Orlando Gilbert and Todd Berus, the two men who were killed in the August 2016 drive-by shooting that he orchestrated, and offered an apology.
“I want you to know that I am truly sorry,” he said.
Grevious also offered an apology to his family as his sisters sobbed.
Then to the jury he said, “I have got much more to offer … I made a mistake, I am not perfect … I ask you to spare my life.”
The jury will hear closing arguments from the mitigation phase Friday morning and begin deliberation on Grevious’ sentence — life or death.
The jury has four sentencing options, according to Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser.
Those options are:
- Life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years served
- Life in prison with parole eligibility after 30 years
- Life in prison without the possibility of parole
- Death
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