 In the second trial in 1970 a jury found the defendants guilty, and Harry Thayer advocated for the death penalty on the air.The defendants were sentenced to death and sent to death row at Green Haven Correctional Facility across the Hudson River from Ulster County, where they remained in the death house for 33 months.Defense attorneys filed an appeal brief citing negligence in the case investigation, inconsistencies in the testimony of Singer, the prosecution's main witness, negative pretrial publicity, an unfair jury selection process, and denials of motions for a change of venue.