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| Prosecutor to mull death penalty in Mississippi nuns slaying |
| By homenewshere.com- Emily Wagster Pettus |
| Published: 09/06/2016 |
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DURANT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prosecutor said she hasn't decided whether to seek the death penalty for a man charged with killing two nuns who dedicated their lives to helping people in one of the poorest counties in the nation. Relatives and colleagues of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, formerly of Stoneham, MA, have publicly expressed their opposition to execution. A judge denied bond Monday to Rodney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mississippi, who is charged with two counts of capital murder, one count of burglary and one count of grand larceny. Capital murder under Mississippi law is a killing committed along with another felony. It is punishable by execution by lethal injection or by life in prison. Read More. |
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