Facts of the Crime:
A jury recommended death for Mark Dwyatt Brown who was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of a family of four in 2005. Cleburne County jurors convicted Brown on February 22, 2009 and voted 11-1 on February 26, 2009 for the death sentence.
On February 8, 2005, Mark Brown and Shannon Brown, who are brothers, and Timothy Patrick Morris allegedly entered a home. Prosecutors say the three men bludgeoned 88-year-old Lena Benefield, and her sons, 69-year-old Reo, and 59-year-old Shable; and 49-year-old Durward to death with a baseball bat and set their house on fire. Shannon Brown and Morris will likely face trial in 2009.
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