Circuit Judge George Green overruled a jury's recommendation...
Circuit Judge George Green overruled a jury's recommendation and imposed the death sentence for Vernon Lamar Yancey.
Circuit Judge George Green overruled a jury's recommendation and imposed the death sentence for Vernon Lamar Yancey.
Yancey, 35, was given the death penalty in his retrial for the 1995 shooting death of grocery store clerk Mattie "Pee Wee" Sports, 35, during a robbery. His 1997 conviction had been overturned on appeal.
Yancey, 35, was given the death penalty in his retrial for the 1995 shooting death of grocery store clerk Mattie "Pee Wee" Sports, 35, during a robbery. His 1997 conviction had been overturned on appeal.
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- (Sources: Associated Press, 16/03/2005)