Jury Convicts Ernest Franklin For The Murder Of His Son
Published: March 8th, 2019
By: Zachary Meseck

NORWICH – After a week-long trial and only a few hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Ernest Franklin for the murder of his 16-year-old adopted son.

Ernest Franklin II, 36, was convicted for second-degree murder, third-degree arson, and tampering with physical evidence.

At around midnight on March 1, 2017 Ernest Franklin killed his 16-year-old disabled son, Jeffrey Franklin, and burned the evidence at their home at 457 State Route 8 in the Town of Guilford.

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Momma53

6 years ago

Putting aside the verdict,the newspaper only printed some of the evidence presented in this trial knowing how a jury is supposed to work I have to ask how they came up with a verdict in such a small amount of time,? How many times did you actually look and read everything? I have to wonder if minds were already made up.

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