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BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the execution of carjacking murderer Gary Lee Sampson, formally imposing a jury's death sentence, the first in Massachusetts in more than three decades.
Sampson pleaded guilty to carjacking and killing 19-year-old Jonathan Rizzo and 69-year-old Robert McCloskey during the same week in July 2001. He also admitted killing Robert "Eli" Whitney in the same murder spree and faces separate charges in New Hampshire in that case.
A jury condemned Sampson to die in December, and it was left to U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf to formally impose the sentence.
Sampson is believed to be the first person sentenced to die in Massachusetts history under the federal death penalty statute. The state abolished its capital punishment statute in 1984; the last time a state court sentenced someone to die under state law was in 1973.
Sampson pleaded guilty to carjacking and killing 19-year-old Jonathan Rizzo and 69-year-old Robert McCloskey during the same week in July 2001. He also admitted killing Robert "Eli" Whitney in the same murder spree and faces separate charges in New Hampshire in that case.
A jury condemned Sampson to die in December, and it was left to U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf to formally impose the sentence.
Sampson is believed to be the first person sentenced to die in Massachusetts history under the federal death penalty statute. The state abolished its capital punishment statute in 1984; the last time a state court sentenced someone to die under state law was in 1973.
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