The defense finished its arguments for parole on Thursday in the Austin Thompson sentencing hearing.

The jury in the Thomas G. Stanko homicide trial is returning to the courtroom now after about four hours of deliberations.

Both sides rested and closing arguments will begin Friday afternoon in the murder trial of UGA student Tara Baker. How to watch live.

The trial has been ongoing in Athens, where Tara Baker was a 23-year-old law student at UGA at the time she was found dead inside her burned apartment.

There have been seven full days of testimony in Austin Thompson's sentencing hearing, and the judge is expected to issue his sentence on Friday.