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Jury weighs sentence in Reno rape case

RENO -- Jurors deciding whether a man convicted of raping and murdering a 19-year-old college student Brianna Denison will return to court today .

The same Washoe District Court jury that found James Biela guilty last week deliberated for nearly three hours Tuesday after hearing statements from Denison's mother and Biela himself.

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