STROUDSBURG — A jury has sentenced Charles Hicks to death.
That same jury convicted Charles Hicks of Tobyhanna of first degree murder on Friday for murdering Deanna Null, dismembering her, and scattering her body along two highways in the Poconos.
The jury began deliberating around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, deciding whether Hicks should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
Defense attorneys called several character witnesses to the stand, including Hicks’ mother, two sisters, and ex-fiancée, trying to save Hicks from a death sentence.
The jury came back with a verdict just after 8 p.m.
Hicks now joins nearly 200 other inmates on Pennsylvania’s death row, including two from Monroe County.
He is scheduled to be formally sentenced on January 6.
