USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Mark Goudeau, 47, black, to death 9 times

A Maricopa County jury sentenced Mark Goudeau, 47, black, to death 9 times. He is thought to be the “Baseline Killer”. Prosecutors Suzanne Cohen and Patricia Stevens had built a solid case, detailing rapes, robberies and murders in which there were 33 victims in 13 incidents between August 2005 and June 2006. Eight women died when they resisted Goudeau's sexual demands. One man who got in the way also died. Each was executed with a bullet to the head. Jurors reached the verdict about a month after they found Goudeau guilty of the nine murders and 58 other charges, including kidnapping and rape. Goudeau was accused of attacking his victims as they went about daily activities, such as leaving work or washing their car. He left most of them with their pants unzipped and partially pulled down. Police named the series of killings and other crimes after Baseline Road in south Phoenix where many of the earliest attacks happened between August 2005 and September 2006. Goudeau's murder victims were: Georgia Thompson, 19, shot to death on Sept. 9, 2005; Tina Washington, 39, shot to death on Dec. 12, 2005; Romelia Vargas, 38, and Mirna Palma Roman, 24, killed on Feb. 20, 2006; Chao "George" Chou, 23, and Liliana Sanchez Cabrera, 20, shot to death on March 14, 2006;  Kristina Nicole Gibbons, 26, killed March 29, 2006; Sophia Nuñez, 37, shot to death on April 10, 2006; Carmen Miranda, 37, shot to death on June 29, 2006.