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| Supreme Court overturns Arizona man's death sentence |
| By azcentral.com- Michael Kiefer |
| Published: 06/01/2016 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday knocked down a death sentence for an Arizona man because a Maricopa County Superior Court judge allowed a prosecutor to argue that the defendant could be potentially dangerous in the future, without telling the jury that even if they sentenced him to life, he would never be eligible for parole. In 2001, Shawn Patrick Lynch and an accomplice, Michael Sehwani, killed James Panzarella in his home in Scottsdale. Lynch and Sehwani apparently met Panzarella in a Scottsdale bar and then went to where he lived, a guesthouse in his parents’ backyard, and hired an escort for a tryst with Sehwani, paid for with Panzarella’s money. The next day, Panzarella was found bound to a chair in the home, with his throat slit so severely that he was nearly decapitated. Sehwani and Lynch were arrested the same day, after they had stolen Panzarella’s car and used his credit cards for multiple purchases and cash withdrawals. Read More. |
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