Annette Anderson and Tyrone Walker Jr.<\/a>, her 20-year-old grandson, who were found tied up and shot execution-style in Miami Gardens on July 16, 2013.<\/p>\nAnderson was a minister at Jesus People Ministries in Miami Gardens, and her violent death shook an entire community.<\/p>\n
At the time, neighbors told 7News they were shocked by the news.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in shock. I\u2019m really in shock,\u201d said a woman. <\/p>\n
Investigators said the defendants\u2019 motive was robbery. Police would later arrest them for the killings.<\/p>\n
In court on Wednesday, Judge Ellen Venzer wondered why the duo decided to kill two innocent people. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat could\u2019ve been the basis to take these two lives and snuff them out?\u201d she asked. \u201cCould you put some closure on this, gentlemen?\u201d <\/p>\n
Jackson and Martin declined to speak.<\/p>\n
Venzer then sentenced Jackson to 40 years in prison and Martin to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow unfortunate that families will never understand what could\u2019ve been the basis to take these two lives and snuff them out. I hope you have a whole lotta time to think about it, gentlemen,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s attorney, Jimmy Della Fera, explained the decision for staying silent, citing his client\u2019s behavior in court on April 21, when he reportedly stormed out of court after rejecting a plea deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to reopen a can of worms. I didn\u2019t think that it would be a very good idea to go there, because clearly, if questions were going to be asked, everyone saw what happened the other day, and I didn\u2019t want there to be another outbreak in the middle of the courtroom,\u201d said Della Fera.<\/p>\n
During that initial plea deal hearing, it was derailed after Jackson apparently became upset because his family was not able to be in the courtroom and refused to participate in the proceedings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m done. We\u2019re not playing this,\u201d said Venzer on April 21 during Jackson\u2019s speech. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt ain\u2019t like I\u2019m denying anything. I want to see my family\u2026\u201d said Jackson to his lawyer. <\/p>\n
Days later, however, the plea deal would proceed, ending the decades-long journey to justice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s complete relief, both for obviously the family of Annette Anderson and Tyrone Walker and also for the family of Reginald Jackson. I think it\u2019s a loss for the whole community that we have to constantly be facing these things where people are murdered,\u201d said Della Fera. <\/p>\n
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