Jury deliberates death penalty in Chinese scholar's slaying

FILE - This file photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill., shows Brendt Christensen. Andrea Christensen, the sister of former University of Illinois student Brendt Christensen who is convicted of killing a Chinese scholar, told a jury, Monday, July 15, 2019, deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never raised his voice. (Macon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) The Associated Press

FILE - This 2016 selfie photo provided by her family shows Yingying Zhang in a cap and gown for her graduate degree in environmental engineering from Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, jurors began deliberations on whether Brendt Christensen, a former University of Illinois doctoral student, should be put to death for the brutal slaying of Zhang, 26, a visiting scholar, whom he abducted at a bus stop in 2017. (Zhang Family Photo via AP, File) The Associated Press