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Rick Kammen, a TLC grad and his team worked tirelessly for their client Tim O'Reilly.

By DAVID ASHENFELTER AND TRESA BALDAS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS

In the end, jurors couldn’t unanimously decide whether Timothy O’Reilly actually pulled the trigger that killed an armored car guard.

That was the key factor today that spared the 37-year-old Detroit man from a federal death sentence for murdering Total Armored Services guard Norman Stephens, a 30-year-old married father of six, during a 2001 robbery at a Dearborn Federal Credit Union.

The verdict, which came after six hours of deliberations and a six-week trial, brought tears of joy to O’Reilly’s parents and disappointment to Stephens’ grieving family members.

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