FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A childhood trauma expert took the stand in a Broward County courthouse, as a jury reconvened to hear more testimony about a man who shot and killed a Hollywood Police officer. Jurors have to decide whether or not the man should get the death penalty or life in prison.
The defense attorneys for the now Jason Banegas detailed their client’s difficult childhood as the son of a teenager who was sex trafficked and a father who disappeared. Banegas also grew up in poverty, in a violence-infused neighborhood and community.
The defense brought in a childhood trauma expert, Dr. Micah Johnson…