August 23, 2008
Jury: Gay Child Killer Eligible For The Death Penalty
A federal jury in Idaho deliberated for two hours before voting convicted sex offender and killer Joseph Edward Duncan III eligible for the death penalty in the 2005 kidnapping, torture, sexual assault and murder of Dylan Groene. Now prosecutors must convince jurors that he should be executed. Acting as his own attorney, Duncan will be able to address the jury directly in an effort to make his case for a life sentence without parole when the hearing continues next week.Click Here For The Full Story......
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Jury: Confessed killer of Idaho boy can get death
BOISE, Idaho -- A man who kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered a 9-year-old Idaho boy was deemed eligible for the death penalty by a jury on Friday, soon after the killer himself came close to thanking prosecutors for showing the panel sickening videos of him abusing the child. The jury deliberated for two hours before issuing its unanimous ruling. When the hearing resumes next week, jurors must decide whether Joseph Edward Duncan III should be put to death for killing Dylan Groene in 2005. Friday's verdict was not surprising after Duncan's closing argument, in which he told the jurors they didn't yet "have a clue" about the depths of his "heinousness."
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