US EditionU.S. Attorney General seeking death penalty for inmate charged with first-degree murder
- The Justice Department announced on Thursday that they will seek the death penalty for Ishmael Petty.
- Petty, already serving a life sentence, faces charges for the September 2020 murder of a fellow inmate at ADX Florence.
- The FBI Denver division investigated the killing at U.S. Penitentiary-Florence, the highest-security federal prison.
- Petty, 56, had prior convictions including a 1998 bank robbery and a 2002 murder for which he received a life sentence.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi authorized seeking capital punishment, reversing a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions.
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Trump administration announces federal grand jury murder indictment for Colorado prisoner
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced on Thursday that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging prisoner Ishmael Petty with first-degree murder and murder by a federal prisoner, both of which are punishable by death. The office discussed Petty’s criminal history in a press release, stating: “Petty has been in federal custody since a 1998 conviction for bank robbery. In 2002, Petty was sentenced to l…
Man in custody at Florence prison facing death penalty after allegedly killing fellow inmate
A man in custody at the United States Penitentiary Florence Administrative Maximum Facility is facing the death penalty and additional charges for first-degree murder and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, according to a news release Thursday.
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Justice Department seeks death penalty for man who killed fellow supermax inmate
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup. Ishmael Petty…
Justice Department seeks death penalty for man who killed fellow supermax inmate - Seymour Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a fellow prisoner at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup, the department announced Thursday. Ishmael Petty, who was separately convicted of assaulting prison employees, is the latest to face a possible death sentence as the Trump administration pus…
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