Sentencing phase of sniper trial gets off to emotional start

Saturday, December 20, 2003

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- On a gut-wrenching first day in the sentencing phase of Lee Boyd Malvo's trial, the daughter of sniper victim Linda Franklin testified Friday that she cries every morning and feels forced at night to repeatedly "watch that man shoot my mother in the head."

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