CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors plan to seek the death sentence for a man accused of killing three Muslim students in Chapel Hill last month.
District attorney Roger Echol filed papers in court that show he plans to seek the death sentence if Craig Stephen Hicks is convicted of first-degree murder.
Hicks has been charged with killing 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat; his wife, 21-year-old Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha; and her sister, 19-year-old Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.
Police say the shootings were over a long-running dispute over parking at the condominium complex. The victims’ families have said religious bias played a prominent role in the shootings.
- Posted March 09, 2015
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Prosecutor seeks death for suspect in killing Muslims
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