LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- Georgia Northwestern Technical College criminal justice instructor Holly Wilson said the Sam Parker murder trial really hit home with her students.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- When Theresa Parker's mother, Claire Careathers, prayed, she told her daughter she wouldn't rest until there was justice -- and Thursday afternoon justice was served.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Sam Parker showed no emotion this afternoon when he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, Theresa Parker, in 2007.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Walker County Superior Court Judge Jon “Bo” Wood this afternoon read the “dynamite” charge, formally called an Allen charge, to the jury in the Sam Parker murder trial.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Jurors in Sam Parker’s murder trial reported “regress” rather than progress when they broke for lunch moments ago.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- No one knows who the waiting is harder on -- the lawyers, the investigators, Sam Parker or Theresa Parker's family.

The jury in Sam Parker’s murder trial ended the day without reaching a verdict.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- Longtime resident Gerald Gravitt said his city doesn't get major media attention, for the most part.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. —Jurors in Sam Parker murder case have come to a decision on three charges not related to murder, they told the judge this afternoon.

LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- Sam Parker's freedom is now in the hands of 12 jurors, who will continue deliberating today.