USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Javier Righetti to death

A Clark County jury sentenced Javier Righetti, 24, Hispanic, to death for the Sept. 2, 2011 rape, killing and mutilation of Alyssa Otremba, a 15-year-old girl on her way home from school. Righetti had already pleaded guilty, but the plea was tossed out in 2016. Righetti had apologized to people he acknowledged he hurt. Righetti is due for formal sentencing in Clark County District Court on May 9. He’ll become the 83rd person on death row in Nevada. The last execution in Nevada was in 2006. Jurors heard evidence this week that even before Otremba’s slaying, Righetti was sought in Mexico on an arrest warrant in a rape case involving his 16-year-old cousin.