Livingston: cold-blooded killer or a changed man?

Posted on June 29, 2018

By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Contributing writer

After spending nearly 33 years in prison — including six on death row — Jessie James Livingston Jr. was re-sentenced for the murder of Irene Buckhalter Hill on Wednesday. While the state argued to have Livingston’s current sentence of three life terms re-imposed, the defense fought for a sentence of time served.

The decision was placed in the hands of Circuit Court Judge Greg Parker, after he listened to testimony from the victim’s grandson, the defendant’s brother, a clinical and forensic psychologist and the defendant himself.

PHOTO: Jessie James Livingston Jr. (left) told Judge Greg Parker if he was released from prison, he would “serve the Lord, work for my brother and stay productive. Live for the day I am given.”

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