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| Judge nixes convicted murderer’s request for death penalty |
| By abajournal.com- Martha Neil |
| Published: 08/28/2014 |
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Sentenced to 95 years for shooting a man outside an Indiana bar, including a 30-year enhancement for being a habitual offender, Walter Leach has asked for the death penalty. But an La Porte Circuit Court judge turned down the 61-year-old's request, saying that Leach hasn't exhausted his administrative avenues for seeking a lethal injection within the state department of corrections. Additionally, said Judge Tom Alevizos, he himself has no statutory authority to impose the death penalty in such a case, WSBT reports. Read More. |
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