Opening Statements Today In MacKool Capital Murder Trial In Little Rock
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Opening statements are to be held today in
the capital murder case of a Little Rock woman accused of slaying
her mother.
Leslie MacKool`s husband, Michael MacKool, is also charged with
capital murder, but is to be tried separately.
Jury selection was completed yesterday.
Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty against Leslie
MacKool, who is 27. She is accused of stabbing Janie Ballard in
September. She told investigators that her husband ordered her to
kill Ballard over an inheritance dispute.
Leslie MacKool has pleaded innocent by mental disease or defect.
If convicted of capital murder, she would face a sentence of life
in prison without parole.
Prosecutors have not waived the death penalty against
50-year-old Michael MacKool, who is to be tried June 14th.
