RhumbRunner13
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Brothers Guilty of Killing Father
BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A jury convicted 13- and 14-year-old brothers Friday of murdering their sleeping father with a baseball bat in an unusual case in which a man was tried for the same crime under a completely different prosecution theory.
Alex and Derek King had been charged with first-degree murder for last fall's slaying of Terry King, but the jury returned convictions on the less-serious charge. Both boys were also convicted of arson.
The elder boy, Derek King, bowed his head as they listened to the verdict. Alex stood stock still.
Convicted child molester Ricky Chavis, 40, was tried earlier for the murder, with prosecutors arguing that he, not the boys, wielded the bat that killed King. The verdict in his trial was sealed pending the outcome of the brothers' trial, but was not immediately announced.
The verdict on Chavis is to be unsealed and read shortly.
They dodged mandatory life, but I wonder by how much.
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BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A jury convicted 13- and 14-year-old brothers Friday of murdering their sleeping father with a baseball bat in an unusual case in which a man was tried for the same crime under a completely different prosecution theory.
Alex and Derek King had been charged with first-degree murder for last fall's slaying of Terry King, but the jury returned convictions on the less-serious charge. Both boys were also convicted of arson.
The elder boy, Derek King, bowed his head as they listened to the verdict. Alex stood stock still.
Convicted child molester Ricky Chavis, 40, was tried earlier for the murder, with prosecutors arguing that he, not the boys, wielded the bat that killed King. The verdict in his trial was sealed pending the outcome of the brothers' trial, but was not immediately announced.
The verdict on Chavis is to be unsealed and read shortly.
They dodged mandatory life, but I wonder by how much.
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