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NHK shooting suspect Gary Ferrell to face death penalty after prosecutors file notice

Aug 20, 2021 View Original Article
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    -50% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -70% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -15% Negative

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46% : Prosecutors on Friday morning filed the notice of death penalty along with the charges.
42% : Ferrell faces two counts of murder, criminal confinement with a deadly weapon, resisting law enforcement and carrying a handgun without a license.
41% : In Indiana, the death penalty requires that the murder be done while in the commission of a specific list of aggravators.
39% : Gary Ferrell faces the death penalty if he's convicted of Wednesday's killings of 21-year-old Promise Mays and her grandmother, 62-year-old Pamela Sledd, at the NHK factory in Frankfort.
39% : In this case, Clinton County prosecutors say that Ferrell's alleged confinement of Mays is the aggravator that allows them to file the death penalty.

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