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Federal Prisoner Challenges Constitutionality of Death Penalty; Gets Plea Deal for Life Without Parole

Loaded on Nov. 6, 2019 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News November, 2019, page 57
Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty. Location: United States of America.

by Matt Clarke

On September 28, 2018, a Vermont federal judge approved a plea bargain to grant life without parole to a death-sentenced federal prisoner who had challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty in post-conviction proceedings.

Donald Fell was convicted of the interstate kidnapping and murder of Teresca King, ...

 

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