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Mike Jensen

Michael Jensen is the former publisher of the Standard Democrat in Sikeston, Missouri.

Firing line

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

In April 1985, Ronnie Lee Gardner shot and killed a lawyer during a court appearance at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice in Salt Lake City. Though handcuffed, a female acquaintance slipped him a small-caliber weapon, and he fatally shot a lawyer in court that day for a completely different case. Gardner was in the courtroom to discuss evidence in an earlier murder case against him.

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