Jury began deliberations around 4:00 p.m. On Friday, October 7, 2016 in the Capital Murder trial of Lawson Abram. Within a couple hours, jury returned a “guilty” verdict. This is the first of three Capital Murder trials stemming from an incident in March 2015 that resulted in the death of Doug Hurst of Teague, Texas. Two other defendants, Amber Halford and O’Jarion McClenon, have trials set for later this month. Full story of this week’s trial will be published in next week’s edition of the Freestone County Times.