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| Cellmate Killing Inmate Revokes Plea |
| By newsadvance.com |
| Published: 09/01/2010 |
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RICHMOND — A Virginia inmate who had pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate and vowed to again unless sentenced to death rescinded his plea Tuesday and will go to trial next year. Robert Gleason Jr., 40, was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for the May 2009 death of Harvey Watson Jr., but a judge who recently took over the case wanted Gleason to reenter his plea. Gleason pleaded not guilty instead, and a trial is set to begin Feb. 21. Gleason was serving life at Wallens Ridge State Prison for the May 8, 2007, murder of Michael Kent Jamerson in Amherst County. Gleason fired his attorneys and pleaded guilty in May, saying in court and in an interview with The Associated Press that he would kill again if not given the death penalty. Read More. |
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