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Border vigilante who engineered double murder sentenced to death in Arizona

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this CNN article, which is headlined "Jury decides on death penalty for woman who headed vigilante squad," a high-profile murder trial culminated in a high-profile death sentence yesterday in Arizona.  Here are the details: Arizona jurors decided an anti-illegal immigration activist -- portrayed as the ringleader of a hit squad -- should receive the death penalty for the killings of a Latino man and his 9-year-old daughter, a court spokeswoman said Tuesday.  The Pima County jury's decision, which was unanimous, is binding.... Forde showed no emotion as the verdict was read, according to CNN Tucson affiliate KGUN.  Her attorney, Eric Larsen, said he "fully expected that this community valued human life greater than this jury did...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).