Pennsylvania man facing death penalty for raping, murdering, and dismembering 14-year-old girl
46-year-old Jacob Sullivan pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, with his fate now in the hands of a six-man, six-woman jury,
The life of a Pennsylvania man, who pleaded guilty to raping, murdering, and dismembering a 14-year-old girl who his girlfriend was fostering, will be in the hands of a jury, which will decide whether or not to impose a death penalty.
According to WLOS, 46-year-old Jacob Sullivan pleaded guilty to all the charges against him — first-degree murder and 18 other original charges including rape and kidnapping — in the 2016 murder of Grace Packer just as jury selection was about to get underway for his trial. Now, the jury of six men and six women will have to be unanimous if they want to send Sullivan to death row, failing which he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The sentencing proceedings are expected to last two weeks.