Sean Finnegan Sentenced | Kidnapping, Torture and Abuse of a Girl's Corpse • SENTENCES

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sean Finnegan, the man convicted in Jennifer Paxton’s gruesome murder in late 2019, was sentenced to death Wednesday morning.

After deliberations in the sentencing began on Tuesday, the jury reached a verdict Wednesday morning. The jury had to return the sentencing documents to the judge three times as there were errors in the first two forms that were filled out.

Around 11:15 a.m., the jury delivered its verdict to the judge sentencing Sean Finnegan to death. The judge read the sentencing, explaining that the jury found several aggravating factors that led them to give the death penalty, including:

•The murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel
•It involved serious torture or abuse beyond what was needed to produce death
•The murder was knowingly committed, solicited directed or aided by the defendant, while the defendant had a substantial role in committing any rape or kidnapping
•The defendant knowingly mutilated the body of the victim after death.

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