Admitted
arson murderer Ed Graf's defense team succeeded in creating a
reasonable doubt in the minds of two jurors who refused to convict
him for capital murder for setting the 1986 gasoline blaze that
killed his two step sons Jason, 8, and Joby, 9, in a storage shed in
order to receive a $100,000 life insurance benefit.
The
panel deadlocked on the question 10 to 2 on the first vote, according
to published reportsd, and remained so throughout their
deliberations.
Graf's fortunes changed dramatically when the boys'
mother testified on cross examination as to the family's financial
affairs when he bought the double indemnity life insurance policy on
the children.
State
54th
District Court Judge Matt Johnson reversed his pre-trial ruling and
allowed damning testimony about Graf's $75,000 embezzlement of
Community State Bank on the record.
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