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Death sentence again for killer Gary Lee Sampson
By bostonherald.com- Chris Villani
Published: 01/10/2017

For the second time, a jury has said admitted serial killer Gary Lee Sampson should die for his crimes.

After 16 hours of deliberation in the Moakley Federal Courthouse, seven men and five woman sentenced the Abington native to death for the 2001 carjacking murder of Jonathan Rizzo, 19, a George Washington University sophomore. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the punishment for killing Boston Gas retiree Philip McCloskey, 69, meaning Sampson automatically receives a life sentence for the killing.

“Gary Lee Sampson took the life of three human beings well before their time,” U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said. “He used manipulation and deceit to lure, torture and kill them. He blamed everyone but himself for his life of crime.”

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