Jerry Burns

Jerry Burns is facing the death penalty. He was found guilty of plotting to have his wife, Velvet Burns, killed. Velvet Burns was stabbed 39 times at her home on May 9, 2019 while she slept. Her husband is accused of paying his mistress to kill her. Prosecution said that Jerry Burns paid his mistress Amanda Love $30,000 to hire someone to murder his wife. That person was Love's longtime on-again, off-again partner, drug addict Stephen Hand. Burns told Love that he would give her an extra $20,000 once the job was 'done'. Hand and Love were both convicted of killing Velvet Burns. Hand pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison in 2022. Love was sentenced In April 2024 to 40 years in prison and an additional 30 years for conspiracy to commit murder.