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    BRAIN DAMAGE: A Juror's Tale
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    BRAIN DAMAGE: A Juror's Tale

    By Paul Sanders

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    On January 14, 2009, Marissa DeVault killed her husband, Dale Harrell, by striking him multiple times on the head with a hammer.  It seemed like a simple case of murder, but questions remained.  Was Dale Harrell a hapless, innocent victim of a brutal killing, or was this the final act of a desperate woman who had suffered through years of domestic violence?

    The fact that the incident took place in a middle class suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, with the couple’s three children within the property at the time, meant nothing.

    The questions for the jury were simple.  Was the killing premeditated or was it an act of self defense?  Was it done for financial gain?  Should the defendant pay for her crime with her life, should she be incarcerated for twenty-five years to life, or should she receive a life sentence with no chance of parole?

    Author Paul Sanders was Juror #13 in a trial packed with twists and turns.  He sat every day in court, in a trial which got deep inside the day-to-day lives of a family and eventually delivered justice to a victim. 

    Read this remarkable true story now and make up your own mind as to the truth behind the Hammer Killing Trial.

    Amazon reviews:

    “Mr. Sanders is a brilliant writer.  You feel like you are right in the courtroom with him…”

    “This is a must-read for any avid trial watcher!”

    “Brain Damage is a very interesting journey through a death penalty trial. It made me want to be a juror!” 

    Also by Paul Sanders:!

    "Why Not Kill Her: A Juror's Perspective - The Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial" 

    "Banquet of Consequences: A Juror's Plight - The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson" (March 2017)

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    PublisherPaul Sanders
    Release dateSep 11, 2014
    ISBN9781502234919
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    BRAIN DAMAGE: A Juror's Tale
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    Paul Sanders

    Paul Sanders writes True Crime from a juror’s perspective. His story began in 2014, when he was called to serve as a death penalty juror in the trial of Marissa DeVault. At the completion of the case, he wrote his first True Crime book, Brain Damage: A Juror’s Tale – The Hammer Killing Trial. Since then, Paul has gone on to write a further two True Crime books on some of the most spectacular trials in US history, Why Not Kill Her: A Juror’s Perspective – The Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial and Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight – The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson. Why Not Kill Her, along with Shanna Hogan’s book, Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story, has become one of the most recommended books on the subject and was publicly endorsed by the jury foreperson, Haaken Liknes.   Paul’s first two books were published on Amazon and this helped to build a platform of thousands of followers who are now eagerly awaiting the release of his latest work.  Paul has been a guest on True Crime Radio, Trial Diaries, Court Chatter, HLN and Fox. He has also been featured on NBC Oxygen’s, “Snapped,” as well as I.D. Discovery’s, “Scorned,” where he represented himself as a former juror.  He recently appeared on two episodes of Investigation Discovery’s, “Deadly Sins”.  He was a trial reporter for Trial Talk Live during the Carnation murders trial of Michele Anderson. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.  Paul is an active member of the PNWA.  He is currently preparing, Beyond the Pale: Rogue Juror – The Joseph McEnroe Death Penalty Trial, for publication on December 24, 2017, the 10th anniversary of the Carnation murders.

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