ATLANTA (AP) - One of the longest-serving members on Georgia’s death row will remain there.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (https://bit.ly/1h2TP3F ) that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a death sentence for Brandon Astor Jones on Friday.
Jones was convicted of killing Roger Tackett, the manager of a Tenneco convenience store in Cobb County, during a 1979 robbery. He was sentenced to death.
A federal judge later granted Jones a new sentencing trial because jurors had improperly been allowed to bring a Bible into the deliberation room. He was re-sentenced to death during a 1997 trial.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, https://www.ajc.com
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