Updated with comments from the DA and the victim's mother -- After victim's family appeals for justice, judge seals fate of the convicted killer of Janet Levine March
Bowers on verge of pleading guilty according to Memphis paper, could lose state pension if she doesn't
Post-indictment evidence proved crucial to prosecution's case
Case will go to the jury this afternoon
UPDATED 6:55 p.m. -- Closing arguments start first thing Wednesday -- Agreement reached after long wrangling to avert calling teen to testify in father's trial for killing mother
UPDATED 1:28 p.m. -- Prosecution and defense reached agreement on use of son's statements as evidence, but deal now looks uncertain
March defense effort to establish possible alternative suspect leads Assistant D.A. Thurman to complain of "the worst performance I've seen in 30 years"
Prosecutor insists "the murderer is in this courtroom," while defense lawyer pours scorn on a case built on "psychics, cadaver dogs and convicts"
Faces 15- to 25-year prison sentence
Tired jurors held only brief initial sitting on widely watched case before judge called it a day
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