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Australia Satisfied No Capital Prosecution of Watson

By Steve Hall

The AP reports, "Australia to deport US man wanted in wife's death," via Google News. Australian officials said Thursday they would deport an American convicted in the death of his wife on a scuba-diving honeymoon after U.S. officials pledged not to seek the death penalty if he is convicted again at home. Gabe Watson was released from prison last week after serving an 18-month sentence for the manslaughter of his wife, Tina, in 2003 during a trip on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. He was being held in immigration custody until Australia ? a staunch opponent of the death penalty ? received assurances that he would not face capital charges in his home state of Alabama. Prosecutors in Alabama, a pro-death penalty state, want to try Watson again over his wife's death, and are expected to seek murder charges...continue to full post

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