DALLAS (AP) — Mary Jean Pearle unleashed a year's worth of rage at her ex-husband, calling him "one of the most heinous murderers of modern times," after a jury sentenced him to die for killing their young daughters.
The jury took 6 1/2 hours Tuesday to sentence John Battaglia to lethal injection for gunning down 6-year-old Liberty and 9-year-old Faith last May as Pearle listened helplessly on the telephone.
"I would like to say the next time you see me is when they put the needle in your arm, but I'm not going to waste the time to be there," Pearle told a stone-faced Battaglia, addressing him in her victim's impact statement.