06-08-2017 20:06 via deseretnews.com

Man convicted of brutal claw-hammer killing gets first parole hearing in 20 years

UTAH STATE PRISON — A man convicted of murder in a brutal 1991 claw-hammer killing of a 56-year-old man will spend at least one more year in prison.Jerry Lee Robertson, 51, was sentenced in 1994 to five years to life for murder and 1 to 15 years for theft in the death of Gerald Thomas. The court ordered the sentences be served consecutively.In July, a parole hearing was held for Robertson, his first in 20 years.In 1991, Robertson and his now ex-wife, Cassie Robertson, who were transients,
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