Prosecutors Want 10 Years, Defense Asks for Mistrial

Prosecutors in the Dwayne Goodrich trial have asked jurors to sentence the former Dallas Cowboys defensive back to 10 years in prison for each of the January 14th deaths of two Plano, Texas men who had stopped to help free a motorist from a burning car. Attorneys for the defense urged jurors Monday not to vote for any punishment for Goodrich if they felt they had been improperly informed of their options.

Jurors weren't told until Monday that probation wasn't an option for Goodrich because he was convicted Friday of a crime that is considered a state jail felony. By law, jurors cannot consider probation for state jail felonies.

Reed Prospere, Goodrich's defense attorney, accused prosecutors of relying on a glitch in the law to deny jurors the option of sentencing Goodrich to probation.

If just one juror withholds his vote the case will end in a mistrial. Read the Associated Press report...