Defense Finishes Closing Arguments In Dexter Lewis’ Death Penalty Trial

DENVER (CBS4) – Defense attorneys wrapped up their arguments in the second phase in Denver’s death penalty case Thursday morning.
Dexter Lewis, 25, faces death after the jury convicted him of the first-degree murders of five people. Those victims were in Fero’s Bar and Grill on Colorado Boulevard and Evans Avenue in October, 2012. Lewis and three other men went into the bar to rob them.
The defense laid out what are called mitigating factors. They urged the jury to consider Lew