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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 6, 2014

USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Ralph "Macky" Jeremias to death

USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Ralph "Macky" Jeremias to death

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A Clark County jury sentenced Ralph "Macky" Jeremias, 29, White, to death for the June 2009 double-murder of Paul Stephens and Brian Hudson inside a Las Vegas apartment. Last week, the same jury found Jeremias guilty of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder along with robbery and burglary charges. From the witness stand, Jeremias said he went to the apartment complex with friends Carlos Zapata and Ivan Rios to buy marijuana and found the victims already dead. Both Rios and Zapata told investigators that Jeremias went inside alone with a gun and shot each victim multiple times. Zapata made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to 2 counts of 2nd-degree murder, 1 count of robbery and 1 count of conspiracy to commit robbery. In exchange, he agreed to testify at Jeremias' trial. In 2012 Rios was acquitted of the murder and robbery charges.
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  • (source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/11/2014)