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East Bay Murderer Gets Death Penalty: Paul T. Rosynsky reported in the Mercury News that former Navy sailor Anthony McKnight smiled and openly laughed as he was sentenced to death for killing and raping five women in 1985 by an Alameda County Superior Court judge. McKnight's rampage began in October 1985 and ended four months later when the body of Beverly Bryant, 24, was found brutally beaten and raped in the courtyard of Howard Elementary School in Oakland. McKnight, was serving a 63-year prison sentence for assaulting six women from 1984 though 1986, will now be transported to the state's Death Row. Ohio Murderer Executed: Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed today after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a 60-day reprieve as reported by AP writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins...continue to full post

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