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unusual facts about first-degree murder



Andrew John Yellowbear Jr.

He was convicted in April 2006 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, of premeditated first-degree murder in the death of his 22-month-old daughter Marcela Hope Yellowbear.

Tyrone Delano Gilliam, Jr.

Judge John Fader of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County found Gilliam guilty of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and kidnapping.


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All were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to hang on March 28, despite protests from Nellie Cashman, a local philanthropist.

Capital punishment in Louisiana

The Supreme Court, however, ruled it unconstitutional on 25 June 2008 in Kennedy v. Louisiana, saying "there is a distinction between intentional first-degree murder on the one hand and nonhomicide crimes against individual persons".

Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide

Four people were taken into custody; Harry Sassounian, 19 at the time of the killing, was later convicted of first degree murder.

Millardair

Two days later, Hamilton police announced that Dellen Millard, grandson of the late Carl Millard, will be charged with first-degree murder of Tim Bosma.

Shaun Gayle

On March 3, 2009, a Chicago woman, Marni Yang, 41, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of Rhoni Reuter at Reuter's Deerfield condominium.