Hands Off Cain
ARIZONA·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 17, 2009·1 MIN READ

USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Pete Van Winkle to death

USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Pete Van Winkle to death

A Maricopa County jury sentenced Pete Van Winkle to death for the May 2008 murder of a fellow inmate, Robert Cotton, 27, in the Fourth Avenue Jail. Van Winkle, 27, a white supremacist, was caught on surveillance tape as he beat and strangled Cotton to death. Judge Paul McMurdie also sentenced Van Winkle to 22 years in prison for lesser crimes.
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  • (source: The Arizona Republic, 17/11/2009)