Judge

But if Mr. Malapani had not accepted the contract on Ms.

Pule's life, the facts of this case strongly suggest that Mr. Shorba would have carried on looking for a way to kill Ms.

Pule with or without Mr. Malapani's help.

Mr. Shorba was the driving force behind the scheme and has done nothing since Ms.

Pule's murder to merit the kind of leniency

that Mr. Malapani received.

Mr. Makabele did not identify any other factor that would justify a departure from the statutory penalty.

He drew my attention to the year or so that Mr. Schauber has spent in pretrial incarceration, but accepted that this could not on its own justify a departure from that penalty.

Mr. Schauber, can you stand up, please?

For all these reasons, Mr. Schauber, I am enjoined by the statute to apply the ordinary sentence for an offence of this nature.

You will spend the rest of your natural life in prison unless the parole authorities consider you fit for release in the fullness of time.

The court will adjourn.

I appreciate your effort.

When I heard that we'd been getting national publicity over Mr. Lee's death and the fact that he lived a lifestyle that was different from most people in Mississippi, I assumed that a lot of people in this country thought

that there will not be justice in this case.

I want the world to know that Mississippi got it right this time.

This case was investigated more thoroughly than any case I've ever dealt with in my 35 years in the criminal justice system.

Into thin air, tonight's 48 Hours Mystery.

Members of the jury, I am going to declare that there is a hung jury.

I was devastated.