Greg Bell get maximum sentence for Tia Hutson's murder
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '5.120', 'text': 'Monte County jury took three hours to'}, {'start': '2.399', 'end': '8.160', 'text': 'find Gregory Bell guilty of the 2022'}, {'start': '5.120', 'end': '10.480', 'text': 'murder of Tia Hudson inside her home in'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'St. Joe. It was the first murder in the'}, {'start': '10.480', 'end': '15.599', 'text': 'small town since 1986. And it only took'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '18.080', 'text': 'the jury about 25 minutes to return a'}, {'start': '15.599', 'end': '20.320', 'text': 'maximum sentence and fine for Belle this'}, {'start': '18.080', 'end': '22.320', 'text': 'afternoon. Josh Hoger joins us live from'}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '24.720', 'text': 'the Monte County Courthouse now with the'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '24.720', 'text': 'latest.'}, {'start': '25.080', 'end': '30.800', 'text': 'Josh? Yeah, Darl Carney. On August 5th,'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '33.520', 'text': '2022, Tia Hudson was found beaten and'}, {'start': '30.800', 'end': '35.440', 'text': 'unresponsive inside her home in St. Joe,'}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'dying in a Fort Worth hospital just 6'}, {'start': '35.440', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'days later. And today, exactly 1,000'}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '44.079', 'text': 'days after August 5th, 2022, her'}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '46.239', 'text': 'ex-boyfriend, Greg Bell, was convicted'}, {'start': '44.079', 'end': '47.719', 'text': 'of her murder by a jury of eight men and'}, {'start': '46.239', 'end': '50.320', 'text': 'four'}, {'start': '47.719', 'end': '52.160', 'text': 'women. Closing arguments got going just'}, {'start': '50.320', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'after 9 this morning in the 97th'}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'District Court after presiding judge'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'Trish Coleman Buyers read the jury its'}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '59.520', 'text': "instructing charge. The 97th district's"}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'ADA, Paige McCormack, addressed the jury'}, {'start': '59.520', 'end': '62.719', 'text': 'first, recalling the evidence and'}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '64.640', 'text': "testimony that's been presented since"}, {'start': '62.719', 'end': '66.479', 'text': 'last Wednesday and asking the jurors to'}, {'start': '64.640', 'end': '68.080', 'text': "find Bell guilty. Then Bell's defense"}, {'start': '66.479', 'end': '70.000', 'text': 'attorney, Bob Estrada, gave his final'}, {'start': '68.080', 'end': '71.600', 'text': 'arguments, claiming investigators zeroed'}, {'start': '70.000', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'in on Bell due to his violation of'}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '75.040', 'text': "Hudson's protective order against him"}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '76.880', 'text': 'and asserting to the jury that this case'}, {'start': '75.040', 'end': '78.640', 'text': "isn't about whether or not he violated"}, {'start': '76.880', 'end': '81.040', 'text': 'that order, adding, quote, "Not all'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '83.040', 'text': 'abusive relationships end up in murder."'}, {'start': '81.040', 'end': '84.799', 'text': 'After that, 97th District Attorney Katie'}, {'start': '83.040', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'Bogman gave an impassioned argument to'}, {'start': '84.799', 'end': '88.799', 'text': 'the jurors, urging them to remember the'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '90.479', 'text': "testimony of Hudson's loved ones and the"}, {'start': '88.799', 'end': '92.799', 'text': 'fawn words they had to say about her on'}, {'start': '90.479', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'the stand, saying of Belle, quote, "He'}, {'start': '92.799', 'end': '96.799', 'text': 'beat the best out of Tia." What kind of'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '98.640', 'text': 'man treats the woman they love like'}, {'start': '96.799', 'end': '101.040', 'text': 'that? It took the Monte County jurors'}, {'start': '98.640', 'end': '102.960', 'text': 'around 3 hours to unanimously decide the'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '104.640', 'text': 'prosecution proved beyond reasonable'}, {'start': '102.960', 'end': '106.399', 'text': 'doubt that Belle was responsible for'}, {'start': '104.640', 'end': '108.320', 'text': "Hudson's death. also finding that the"}, {'start': '106.399', 'end': '110.320', 'text': '18-in flashlight he used to brutally'}, {'start': '108.320', 'end': '111.920', 'text': 'beat his former girlfriend was in fact a'}, {'start': '110.320', 'end': '113.520', 'text': 'deadly weapon, which may ultimately'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'affect the possibility of Bell ever'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '117.119', 'text': 'being granted parole. With that, the'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '119.200', 'text': 'punishment phase began with McCormack'}, {'start': '117.119', 'end': '120.960', 'text': 'asking the jury to tell Greg Bell what'}, {'start': '119.200', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'they think about what he did to Tia'}, {'start': '120.960', 'end': '124.960', 'text': 'Hudson and sentence him to life in'}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '129.000', 'text': 'prison. And just after 4:00 this'}, {'start': '124.960', 'end': '131.120', 'text': 'afternoon, the jury once again began'}, {'start': '129.000', 'end': '132.800', 'text': 'deliberating. And it took them only'}, {'start': '131.120', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'about 25 minutes to return their'}, {'start': '132.800', 'end': '137.040', 'text': 'punishment, like you said, sentencing'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '139.599', 'text': 'Belle to the maximum, life in prison and'}, {'start': '137.040', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'a $10,000 fine with members of the jury'}, {'start': '139.599', 'end': '143.200', 'text': "hugging Tia's son, Trevor Riley, as they"}, {'start': '141.599', 'end': '145.440', 'text': 'were walking out of the 97th district'}, {'start': '143.200', 'end': '147.360', 'text': 'courtroom this afternoon. Now, Trevor'}, {'start': '145.440', 'end': '149.680', 'text': 'and his sister Cammy Taylor, they were'}, {'start': '147.360', 'end': '151.840', 'text': 'obviously a little too emotional to talk'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '154.319', 'text': 'to me afterwards on camera, but Cammy'}, {'start': '151.840', 'end': '156.959', 'text': 'did give me her statement, the final'}, {'start': '154.319', 'end': '160.720', 'text': 'sentence of which reads, "Mama, we did'}, {'start': '156.959', 'end': '164.160', 'text': 'it. We got justice, guys." Okay, Josh,'}, {'start': '160.720', 'end': '164.160', 'text': 'thank you so much for that live'}]