GUILTY MA - Gary Sampson gets new sentencing trial in 2001 killing spree *died in 2021*

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 3m3 minutes ago
Judge: we don't know whether the letter exposes a problem or not @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 1m1 minute ago
Judge will reiterate if there's a problem, jury must alert him in written form "with any necessary attachments" @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 24s24 seconds ago
Defense asks that the court advise jurors that each juror has the right to dissent from an announced verdict @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
Judge is having the jury brought in now @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 46s47 seconds ago
It's important to note that the jury has *not* alerted the court that it has reached a verdict @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 3m3 minutes ago
Judge begins to answer jury question; many jurors look anxious @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
Judge reiterates the foreperson's responsibilities, but equal decision-making among jurors @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 1m1 minute ago
Judge: the answer to question 5 is the verdict of the jury (life, death or no unanimous decision) @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 1m1 minute ago
Jurors pay close attention as judge explains he will poll the jury after the verdict is read @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Bob Ward Fox25 Verified account ‏@Bward3 48s48 seconds ago
Jury has left C-13. Court is in recess.Stay tuned. #fox25 #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
A few minutes after the judge left the bench, attorneys and victims' relatives are coming back into the courtroom @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Bob Ward Fox25 Verified account ‏@Bward3 4m4 minutes ago
We are hearing there is a verdict in Gary #Sampson death penalty trial. #fox25

Bob Ward Fox25 Verified account ‏@Bward3 4m4 minutes ago
All sides are being called back into C-13 now. Waiting for official word of Verdict. #fox25 #Sampson

Chris Villani Verified account ‏@ChrisVillani44 3m3 minutes ago
Wasn't much of a recess, everyone immediately comes back into the courtroom, it appears we have a verdict #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 49s49 seconds ago

BREAKING: we have a verdict in #Sampson - it is scheduled to be read at 1:45pm @nbcboston @NECN

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 3m3 minutes ago
Just a warning to verdict watchers, this is a complex form & it will take a while to get through @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
We won't know until court has gone thru eligibility, aggravating & all 115 mitigating factors whether #Sampson gets death @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
Defense renews its request that the juror letter be preserved before jury is brought in & verdict is read @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 54s55 seconds ago
Judge rules they will preserve the juror letter; jury will now be brought in to read the verdict @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 1m1 minute ago
Jury deciding whether #Sampson is eligible for death penalty in carjacking murders of Philip McCloskey & Jonathan Rizzo @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 50s51 seconds ago
#Sampson was previously sentenced to death in 2003, but that was thrown out for juror misconduct in 2011 @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 48s48 seconds ago
The jury has been brought in & delivered the verdict packet to the court @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 38s39 seconds ago
The judge is now reviewing the verdict form @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 8m8 minutes ago

BREAKING: Jury gives Gary Lee Sampson the death penalty for Jonathan Rizzo's murder
@nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

 

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Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 7m7 minutes ago
Jury unable to come to unanimous decision on life/death for McCloskey's murder-but #Sampson gets death for Rizzo's murder @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 6m6 minutes ago
Judge is now polling the jury on whether they agree with the verdict - all agreed @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 6m6 minutes ago
This is the second time Gary Lee #Sampson has been sentenced to death @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 6m6 minutes ago
#Sampson did not appear to show any reaction to his death sentence @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 5m5 minutes ago
Victims' relatives sitting in court appear to be relieved #Sampson once again was sentenced to death @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 3m3 minutes ago
The judge is now thanking jurors for their service @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
#Sampson was the 1st person sentenced to death in Massachusetts under the federal death penalty back in 2003 @nbcboston @NECN

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 1m1 minute ago
Judge says before he dismisses the jury, he'd like to meet with attorneys at sidebar @nbcboston @NECN #Sampson

Alysha Palumbo ‏@AlyshaNBCBoston 2m2 minutes ago
The #Sampson jury is excused @nbcboston @NECN

 

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Convicted killer Gary Lee Sampson sentenced to death
Chris Villani | Monday, January 09, 2017

After a jury deliberated for more than 16 hours, admitted serial killer Gary Lee Sampson was sentenced to death for the murder of Jonathan Rizzo.

In addition, Sampson received a life term for the murder of Philip McCloskey in the second death penalty case following his 2001 killing spree.

Prior to the verdict, a mysterious letter included with the verdict forms by one of the jurors added a new wrinkle to the case. Judge Leo T. Sorokin said the letter came to his attention through a question from the jury, who said a juror placed a letter in the packet after the jurors had all signed the verdict forms. It is unclear what the contents of the letter are, but Sampson defense attorney Michael Burt said the letter should be preserved for the record, including possible appeals.

Sorokin answered the question by reiterating instructions given to the jury prior to the start of deliberations and telling the jury they “speak through the verdict form.” He later ruled that the letter would be preserved.

 

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Sampson, facing death sentence, wants to see juror's secret letter

Convicted spree killer Gary Lee Sampson is asking a judge to let him read a secret letter written by one member of the jury that sentenced him to death earlier this month.

In a motion filed in U.S. District, Sampson's attorneys said the letter, which was found inserted between the pages of the official verdict form as it was being signed, could have a variety of implications about the jury's deliberations, including the possibility that one of the jurors felt they were not being represented by the jury foreperson. Judge Leo Sorokin refused to show the letter to attorneys the day the verdict was delivered but agreed to keep it in a part of the record of the case that it not available to the public.

 

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Sampson formally sentenced to death

For the second time, admitted serial killer Gary Lee Sampson was condemned on Friday to death, for a brutal killing spree in 2001 that has forever changed the families of his victims.

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“You are condemned to death,” Sorokin told him. And with that, Sampson was escorted away in handcuffs.

The hearing, less than an hour long, was acrimonious at one point as Sampson started to swear at a prosecutor who called him evil and self-entitled. He then swore at the judge, who barked back at him to “shut up.” Sampson then settled down.

 

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Gary Lee Sampson attorneys want his death sentence vacated following his death

Attorneys for convicted South Shore spree killer Gary Lee Sampson said that his death sentence should be vacated following his December demise in prison.

“Counsel agree with the government that Mr. Sampson’s death does not call his convictions into question,” the Friday filing by his attorneys in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit states. “His death does, however, require that his death sentence be vacated.”

Sampson, 62, died in federal prison in Missouri on Dec. 21. Upon notice of his death, the court ordered a government response in which prosecutors argued that his actual death made moot his ongoing appeal of his sentence of death, but should have no effect on his convictions or sentences.

 

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Appeals court upholds murder convictions and death sentence of Gary Lee Sampson, who died before execution - The Boston Globe