Robert Conyers, on death row since 1994, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
Robert Conyers, on death row since 1994, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
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Robert Conyers, on death row since 1994, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole under a ruling by the US Supreme Court on crimes committed by juveniles. Circuit Judge Howard King handed down the new sentence in Sumter.
28-year-old Conyers was 14 when 2-year-old Kimberly Dawn Sims was beaten to death in 1991. Conyers had been sentenced to die in 1994 after pleading guilty to the death of the girl.
28-year-old Conyers was 14 when 2-year-old Kimberly Dawn Sims was beaten to death in 1991. Conyers had been sentenced to die in 1994 after pleading guilty to the death of the girl.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, 22/09/2005)
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