a Sullivan County jury sentences Nikolaus Johnson...
a Sullivan County jury sentences Nikolaus Johnson to death in the fatal shooting of a police officer.
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a Sullivan County jury sentences Nikolaus Johnson to death in the fatal shooting of a police officer.
Johnson was convicted on Tuesday of killing Officer Mark Vance in November 2004.
Vance was shot in the head while responding to a domestic violence call at the home of Johnson's girlfriend, who was then 17 and pregnant.
Witnesses testified Johnson had just found out his girlfriend had lied about having an abortion and threatened to kill the first person to enter the home that night, saying he would rather go to prison for murder than statutory rape.
Johnson was convicted on Tuesday of killing Officer Mark Vance in November 2004.
Vance was shot in the head while responding to a domestic violence call at the home of Johnson's girlfriend, who was then 17 and pregnant.
Witnesses testified Johnson had just found out his girlfriend had lied about having an abortion and threatened to kill the first person to enter the home that night, saying he would rather go to prison for murder than statutory rape.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, 27/04/2007)
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