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Death row inmate commits suicide after sentence lifted
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Wed Sep 1, 2010 BBC News
A 70-year-old death row inmate at California's San Quentin State Prison has killed himself a week after his death sentence was lifted. A prison spokesman said a guard found George Smithey dead in his cell hanging from a noose made from bed sheets. A judge ruled last week that Smithey was mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for the death penalty. Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11142064 |
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