USA - Missouri. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber throws out death sentence for David Barnett

U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber throws out death sentence for David Barnett, 39, White, a man who killed his grandparents in their home on February 4, 1996. Barnett fatally stabbed Clifford Barnett, 82, and Leona Barnett, 75, at their home after they returned from a post-church brunch. Barnett took their car and $120 in cash. The next day, he confessed to police. He was sentenced to death in St. Louis County on May 2, 1997. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber's 189-page order is sealed, but a separate document says that prosecutors have 180 days to decide whether to seek a death sentence in a new hearing. Otherwise he will remain in prison for life without parole. Barnett had alleged that his lawyer was ineffective in failing to present additional mitigating factors.