USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Steven Louis Barnes, 31, black, to death

An Edgefield County jury sentenced Steven Louis Barnes, 31, black, to death for the September 3, 2001 murder of 16-year-old Samuel J. Sturrup Jr.. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Judge Knox McMahon with a date of January 16, 2011 for the sentence to be carried out. Although this date was set, appeals by Barnes may take years. Barnes is already serving a life sentence in Georgia for kidnapping in 2001. Barnes formerly ran an escort prostitution ring in Augusta. Five others have been charged with Sturrup's murder.