/ Source: PhillyBurbs.com
A Philadelphia jury will not hear from a man who murdered a police officer two years ago as they weigh whether he deserves the death penalty.Lawyers for 23-year-old John Lewis tell the jury his age and other mitigating factors are reason to spare his life after they convicted him of the Halloween 2007 murder of Officer Chuck Cassidy.Prosecutors say the evidence and Lewis' criminal history mean the death penalty is appropriate. Lewis will not testify on his own behalf.Jurors found Lewis guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. Lewis shot the veteran officer when he interrupted an armed robbery at a Dunkin' Donuts.Cassidy died the next day. Authorities captured Lewis six days after the shooting at a homeless shelter in Miami.
