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    Wayne Benoit Prince - Arizona Death Row




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    On March 25, 1998, Prince and his wife Christine Parker were involved in a heated domestic dispute. Christine’s son was asleep during the incident, but Cassandra, her 13-year-old daughter, attempted to flee the apartment to summon help. Prince was armed with a gun and threatened to kill the children, Christine, and then himself. Eventually, the fight moved into Cassandra’s room, where Prince held a pillow around the gun and shot Cassandra in the head. Prince then shot Christine. Christine survived, but Cassandra did not. A jury found that Prince committed the attempted murder of Christine and the first-degree murder of Cassandra.

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    January 16, 2009

    Man sentenced to death again for stepdaughter's murder

    A Glendale man has received the death penalty a second time for the shooting of his teenage stepdaughter during a family fight 11 years ago.

    A jury set the death sentence Thursday for Wayne Benoit Price, 37. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Cassandra Parker, 13, his stepdaughter, and attempted first-degree murder for the shooting of his wife, Christie Prince. The two were shot during a domestic violence argument on March 25, 1998.

    Prince initially was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999. But, he was granted a new trial under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that juries, not judges, must decide aggravating circumstances in death penalty cases.

    A jury was unable to decide last August whether Prince should be sentenced to life or death. Another jury began hearing aggravating factors in November and came back with a death sentence Thursday.

    Court records showed that Prince and his wife got into a violent argument at the Glendale townhouse in March 1998. Prince's stepdaughter tried to flee the apartment, but Prince prevented her from leaving. During the fight, police said Prince covered his gun with a pillow, walked up to the girl, put the gun against her head and shot her. When his wife broke a window to call for help, he shot her on the side of the face.

    Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday's verdict "represents a just punishment for the defendant. It is unfortunate that the victim's family had to wait so long for this case to come to a close."

    http://news.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1026800

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    STATE v. PRINCE

    On Friday, in a 29-page opinion, the Arizona Supreme Court AFFIRMED Prince's death sentence.

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Prince's petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.

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