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| Inmate who paused to chew gum while killing guard gets life |
| By seattletimes.com |
| Published: 07/11/2017 |
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A prison inmate who briefly stopped his fatal bloody stabbing attack on a guard to clean his hand and chew gum from the dying guard’s pocket has been spared the death sentence. Jurors who convicted 40-year-old Jessie Con-ui last month of first-degree murder and murder of a correction officer failed to reach agreement Monday on whether he should face death or a life term, meaning he receives an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors sought the death penalty, saying 34-year-old Eric Williams was stabbed more than 200 times at the Canaan federal prison in Waymart in February 2013 because Con-ui was angry about an earlier search of his cell. Read More. |
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