USA - Idaho. Joseph Edward Duncan III has been sentenced to death

Joseph Edward Duncan III has been sentenced to death for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a boy. A federal jury deliberated just 3 hours before reaching the unanimous verdict. The jurors' recommendation was binding on U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge, who thanked them, dismissed them and then issued the sentence. Duncan faced the death penalty on 3 of 10 federal charges related to the kidnapping and murder of Dylan Groene. He pleaded guilty to all 10 counts in December. Duncan may now be brought to Riverside County, Calif., to face a murder charge there for the 1997 slaying of 10-year-old Anthony Martinez.