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"Brian Nichols avoids death penalty; On Saturday, judge will impose life sentence on courthouse killer"

"Brian Nichols avoids death penalty; On Saturday, judge will impose life sentence on courthouse killer": The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, "Superior Court Judge James Bodiford declared the jury in the Brian Nichols death penalty trial deadlocked on the penalty Friday night -- which means Nichols will face a life sentence for the four murders of which it convicted him a month ago. The jury deadlocked 9-3 on whether Nichols should be sentenced to death or life in prison, splitting nine for death and three for life imprisonment without parole."

And The Associated Press reports that "Atlanta courthouse gunman avoids death sentence."

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).