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Jury in [New Orleans] Central City massacre trial orders death penalty
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Aug 29, 2009 04:37pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Aug 29, 2009 04:35pm |
| Description | Michael Anderson deserves the death penalty for the 2006 Central City massacre that left five teenagers dead, an Orleans Parish jury decided at 2 p.m. today after about six hours of deliberations that began late Friday night.
Anderson's court appointed attorneys told the jury that since he is mentally retarded, it is illegal to sentence him to die by lethal injection under the landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found retarded convicts less culpable for their crimes.
But a unanimous jury Saturday rejected the testimony from the defense's hired psychologist that Anderson had been diagnosed throughout his life as mentally retarded, and condemned him to death row at the state prison in Angola, La.
Saturday's verdict marks the first time in 12 years since an Orleans Parish has sentenced a convicted killer to death row.
Judge Lynda Davis read five death sentences into the court record - one for each of the teenagers that met his end by the .40-caliber bullets that Anderson fired repeatedly into their bodies after they had stopped at about 3:30 a.m. at the corner of Josephine and Danneel streets.
The victims were brothers Arsenio Hunter, 16, and Markee Hunter, 19, along with Warren Simeon, 17, Iraum Taylor, 19, and Reggie Dantzler, 19. All were killed with the same .40-caliber weapon, which left 27 casings at the scene.
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