Jury hands down 40 years in slaying of neighbor Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:52 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2012 When Raul Rodriguez took his video recorder, cellphone and gun to break up a neighbor's loud party, he knew exactly what he needed to say to get away with murder. Danaher's mother sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as she threw those words back at Rodriguez after he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting her 36-year-old son. "Eternal fire and damnation is not enough for what you took from us," Connie Danaher said during a victim impact statement. The jury earlier this month rejected Rodriguez's claim of "self-defense" under Texas' "stand-your-ground" laws and deliberated about five hours before deciding Wednesday how much time Rodriguez, 47, would spend in prison. A juror who declined to give his last name said the jury was split 8 to 4 over whether Rodriguez was guilty and the same jurors split the same way in their decision between life in prison and a lesser sentence. Bill, the only juror who commented, said several members of the panel thought some of Danaher's guests were partially to blame for the shooting, because they charged Rodriguez.

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