in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
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in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before recommending the death penalty for a man who pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl.
It is the 2nd time Roy Lee Ward, 34, could be condemned for the July 2001 killing of Stacy Payne.
A Spencer County judge sentenced Ward to death after a jury found him guilty of murder, rape and criminal deviate conduct in the slaying, but the verdict was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals because of pretrial publicity.
The case was moved to Vanderburgh Superior Court, with a new jury coming from Clay County near Terre Haute.
It is the 2nd time Roy Lee Ward, 34, could be condemned for the July 2001 killing of Stacy Payne.
A Spencer County judge sentenced Ward to death after a jury found him guilty of murder, rape and criminal deviate conduct in the slaying, but the verdict was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals because of pretrial publicity.
The case was moved to Vanderburgh Superior Court, with a new jury coming from Clay County near Terre Haute.
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- (Sources: Indianapolis Star, Courier-Journal, 18/05/2007)
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