Click photo to enlarge  MARTINEZ -- Jury deliberations began
Tuesday in the death penalty trial for a Richmond man who says
he has no remorse for killing two people at the Richmond-San
Rafael Bridge toll plaza Aug. 11, 2009.  Defendant Nathan
Burris, who is representing himself, told jurors they should
quickly convict him of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend,
Caltrans toll taker Deborah Ann Ross, 51, and her friend
58-year-old Ersie "Chuckie" Everette, a Golden Gate Transit
Authority bus driver from San Leandro.  "You don't need a half-
hour. You don't even need five minutes," Burris said in his
closing statement. "Let's get to the penalty phase."  Jurors,
however, left Tuesday without reaching a verdict after spending
the afternoon listening to read-back of testimony by Burris, who
has a severe speech impediment that makes him difficult to
understand. They will return to the jury room Wednesday morning.
If the jury convicts Burris of first-degree murder and at least
one special allegation, there will be a p