A Chicago jury convicted Jennifer Hudson’s ex-brother in-law (William Balfour) on Friday of murdering her mother, brother and 7 year-old nephew based off of circumstantial evidence.
With no surviving witnesses nor fingerprints to the Oct. 24, 2008 slayings, Balfour was convicted by the prosecution calling 83 witnesses over 11 days of testimony. Witnesses said he threatened to kill the entire family if Julia Hudson rejected him.
The jury had a hard time deliberating the final verdict. It took three days before reaching their verdict against Balfour, a 31 year-old former gang member who was the estranged husband of Julia Hudson at the time of the murders.
Just an hour before their unanimous verdict on all counts, jurors sent a note to the judge that three jurors still weren’t fully convinced of his guilt.
Balfour faces a mandatory life prison sentence but showed no emotion after the verdict. A few of his relatives looked upset, one repeatedly shaking her head and muttering that the verdict was unfair.
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