Michael Jace Found Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
A jury has convicted "The Shield" actor Michael Jace of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of his wife in Los Angeles. The verdict was read Tuesday after a weeklong trial. Closing arguments began Friday. Jace's lawyers acknowledged that he killed his wife April in the couple's Hyde Park home on May 19, 2014, but argued that he should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter because it wasn't a premeditated act. A prosecutor, however, told jurors that Jace was upset because his wife wanted a divorce and shot her in the back before taunting her and shooting her in the legs two years ago.
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