After being found guilty for the murder of Cynthia McLelland the wife of slain Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, the jury now will determine if former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams will receive life in prison or the death penalty.  The murders of McLelland and his wife in March of 2013 were part of a plot of revenge hatched by the former jurist who lost his JP bench after being convicted of stealing a county computer.  He is also accused of killing assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse outside of the Kaufman County Courthouse in January of 2013.

ABC News reports:

“An assistant prosecutor shouted “I’m sorry, I’m sorry” in the moments before a gunman bent on revenge shot him repeatedly last year in North Texas, according to testimony in the punishment phase of the capital murder trial of a former justice of the peace. 

The jury began hearing testimony Monday to determine whether Eric Williams, 47, should receive life in prison or the death penalty for the March 2013 killing of Cynthia McLelland, the wife of slain Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland. The couple was found dead in their home east of Dallas.

But prosecutors Monday turned their attention to the death of assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse, whom Williams is charged with killing in January 2013. Testimony is set to resume on Tuesday. ‘You will see the patterns of his anti-social behavior and his violent tendencies,” prosecutor Bill Wirskye said while standing near Williams. “You will get a glimpse inside and see what lies beneath this facade of normalcy.'”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/penalty-phase-begins-texas-justice-peace-27441042