the state Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Christopher Jones...

the state Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Christopher Jones Jr. in the 2001 robbery and ensuing murder of Hilario Dominguez. Jones will instead serve a life sentence without any opportunity for parole. When Jones received the death penalty, one of the reasons cited for the sentence was the assertion that he killed Dominguez to eliminate him as a witness in order not to get caught. But, the Supreme Court said there was no evidence that was Jones' motive. The court also agreed with Jones' lawyers that when all the circumstances of the murder were taken into account, it did not fit in with the circumstances of most cases in which the death penalty is applied.