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Prisoner serving life who murdered guard in Washington saying he should get death penalty

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story out of Washington, which is headlined "Documents: Inmate wants death for killing correctional officer," provides an interesting bit of extra information about a high-profile murder case. Here are the details: Byron Scherf, the inmate who has confessed to strangling Monroe correctional officer Jayme Biendl to death, wants the death penalty, according to court documents obtained by KOMO News.  "I took her life and I think I should forfeit mine," Scherf told authorities, according to the court documents. He also said he believes prosecutors should try him for aggravated first-degree murder in Biendl's death and seek the death penalty.  "If I get a life sentence and she's dead, then there's no punishment attached to it because I already have a life sentence," Scherf told detectives on Feb...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).