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Sat Feb 4, 2012, 03:56 PM Feb 2012

Jarred Harrell Murder Trial: 9-Year-Old Boy Tells Little Sister's Killer 'You Know You Did This'

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- Minutes after a man pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was dumped in a trash bin and later found in a landfill, the little girl's twin brother addressed his sister's killer.

"You know you did this, and now you're going to jail," 9-year-old Samuel Thompson said to Jarred Harrell from the witness stand.

In a deal sparing Harrell the death penalty, the 26-year-old Harrell was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Somer's family was in favor of the deal because Harrell agreed not to appeal any of his convictions.

"Your punishment does absolutely not fit your crime," said Somer's mother, Diena Thompson. "Remember now, there is no safe place for you. You do not have an impenetrable cell. There will be no peace in the afterlife."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/04/killer-of-fla-girl-found-_n_1254345.html

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