[Gaywired.com]- After more than five hours of deliberations, the jury came back to the Luzerne County courthouse to sentence Harlow Cuadra to life in prison:

Harlow Cuadra will serve life in prison, after the jury of eight men and four women could not reach a unanimous decision whether prosecution presented any aggravating factors worthy of elevating his sentence to the death penalty.

The same jury that convicted Cuadra Thursday of first-degree homicide for Bryan Kocis’ January 2007 murder at his Dallas Township home deliberated for about five and a half hours before telling county Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. they could not reach a unanimous verdict, despite being given more time.

This is what we thought would happen, and it’s obviously a huge relief to Cuadra and his family. Now, the former escort and convicted murderer can find Jesus (if he hasn’t already), make a bunch of creepy pen pals, and get a college degree from the prison library books and the Internet or whatever.