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Jurors in the murder trail of Deneilo Bradshaw, convicted yesterday of the murder of police informant Rachel Hoffman were today asked whether Bradshaw should live or die.� As Mike Vasilinda tells us, the trial has been hard on both the victim�s and defendant�s families.

Rachel Hoffman�s mother read a statement in which she said watching the trial had been a challenge.

�Hearing and seeing the evidence was painful, but I knew I had to be here. It is what a mother does for her daughter. I will always be Rachel�s mother,” Rachel Hoffman’s mother, Margie Weiss, said.

Rachel�s father, Irv, found it the hearing to painful to attend and sent a statement

�Her death has devastated my soul, changed my life for the worse forevermore,� Hoffman-Weiss family attorney Lance Block said as he read Irv Hoffman’s statement.

In an effort to prove there was no remorse, Prosecutors pushed Deneilo Bradshaw�s mother over what her son had told her about the crime.

�I asked him to tell me where he was,” Bradshaw’s mother, Judianna Freeman said.

Prosecutor: So you didn�t ask him to turn himself in?

�Yes, I did,” Freeman said.

Prosecutor: And did he turn himself in?

Closing arguments took just over an hour. Prosecutors asked for the death penalty.

�She was killed for the money,” prosecutor Eddie Evans said.

But the defense asked for mercy.

Juror: �We the jury advise and recommend to the court that it impose a sentence of life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole.�

The judge quickly imposed a life sentence. The family called it justice.

�And we look forward to holding the Tallahassee Police Department accountable for setting this nightmare into action,” Weiss said.

A second defendant is set for trial in October.

In addition to the October criminal trial, the family is pursuing civil action against the Tallahassee Police Department as well as a claims bill on their daughter�s behalf.