Former Jackson, Mississippi, teacher Carla Hughes was found guilty of capital murder in the November 2006 shooting and stabbing death of Avis Banks. Banks was the fiance of Hughes' boyfriend, Keyon Pittman. She was five months pregnant when she was murdered.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/mississippi.teacher.slayings/
A jury in Canton, Mississippi, deliberated for approximately one day before returning the guilty verdict against Hughes. Jurors returned to court on October 14, 2009, and recommended a sentence of life in prison. Hughes could have received the death penalty.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/mississippi.teacher.slayings/ http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11317068
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Hughes is a former teacher at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi
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Jury convicted Carla Hughes of two counts of capital murder on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Hughes was found guilty in the 2006 murder of Avis Banks and her unborn child
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Banks was engaged to Keyon Pittman, Hughes' boyfriend and co-worker
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Sentenced to life in prison
