Saturday, February 7, 2015

Slow Saturday Special: Hawaiian Horror

Wasn't in my printed paper:

"Life term for killing daughter, 5" Associated Press  February 07, 2015

HONOLULU — A former Hawaii-based soldier who avoided the death penalty in his 5-year-old daughter’s beating death will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

A federal judge in Honolulu on Friday sentenced Naeem Williams to life in prison, capping what was the first death penalty case to go to trial in Hawaii since it became a state.

After a long and emotional trial last year, jurors convicted Williams of murder in the death of his daughter, Talia.

They were then asked to decide his sentence — execution or life in prison without the possibility for release. They deliberated for about seven days before determining they were deadlocked, leaving the life sentence as the only option for the judge.

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