High Court Denies Death Penalty Appeal: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by an Alabama man sentenced to death for the 1989 pipe bomb death of a federal appeals court judge. Kent Faulk of AL.com reports that 79-year-old Walter Moody was arrested in 1991 for the crime and was originally sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences in federal court before being convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1996 in an Alabama county court. State officials have yet to set a date for Moody's execution, he remains the oldest inmate on the state's death row.
Jury Recommends Death for Killer: An Ohio jury has recommended a death sentence for the man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend's parents to death with a sledgehammer. The Associated Press reports that Shawn Ford Jr., along with a 14-year-old accomplice, killed the couple just 10 days after he stabbed and critically injured their daughter when she refused to have sex with him. The judge presiding over the case has the final say on the sentencing decision and is expected to make it over the next few weeks.
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Child Killer: A Kentucky prosecutor has announced his plan to seek the death penalty for a man accused of brutally killing a 13-month-old boy last month. Todd Kleffman of The Advocate Messenger reports that 25-year-old Joseph Adams allegedly sodomized and killed the boy after being trusted by the boy's mother to babysit him while she was at work. The sodomy charged added to the charge of murder is considered an 'aggravator' and makes the crime death penalty eligible.
Jury Recommends Death for Killer: An Ohio jury has recommended a death sentence for the man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend's parents to death with a sledgehammer. The Associated Press reports that Shawn Ford Jr., along with a 14-year-old accomplice, killed the couple just 10 days after he stabbed and critically injured their daughter when she refused to have sex with him. The judge presiding over the case has the final say on the sentencing decision and is expected to make it over the next few weeks.
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Child Killer: A Kentucky prosecutor has announced his plan to seek the death penalty for a man accused of brutally killing a 13-month-old boy last month. Todd Kleffman of The Advocate Messenger reports that 25-year-old Joseph Adams allegedly sodomized and killed the boy after being trusted by the boy's mother to babysit him while she was at work. The sodomy charged added to the charge of murder is considered an 'aggravator' and makes the crime death penalty eligible.
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