USA - Louisiana. District Judge Todd Hernandez formally sentenced Sanchez Brumfield to death

District Judge Todd Hernandez  formally sentenced Sanchez Brumfield to death for his role in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in 2006. An East Baton Rouge Parish jury convicted Brumfield, now 24, of 1st-degree murder on May 30 (see) in the killing of Aaron Arnold. The jury also recommended that Brumfield die by lethal injection. Brumfield's alleged accomplice, Tracy Young, is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 12. Prosecutors also are seeking the death penalty against Young, the alleged triggerman.