Former deputy sentenced to death petitions Supreme Court for new trial

Thursday, January 24, 2019

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The attorney for a former Missouri sheriff's deputy and correctional officer sentenced to death for a double killing told Missouri Supreme Court judges during Wednesday arguments his client should get a new trial because prosecutors bungled the case.

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