Missouri judge faces rare chance to impose death penalty

Sunday, November 12, 2017

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri jury's inability to decide whether a man should be put to death for kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl sets up a rare situation in which a judge will make that decision.

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