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    Kenneth Jamal Lighty - Federal

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    On November 10, 2005, a federal jury in Maryland recommended a death sentence for Lighty for the kidnapping and murder of Eric Hayes (black), an alleged PCP dealer and son of a Washington DC police lieutenant, in 2001. The kidnapping occurred in Washington, DC and the murder was committed in Maryland. Co-defendants James Flood and Lorenzo Wilson received life sentences.

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    On August 11, 2010, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Lighty's conviction and sentence on direct appeal.

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    August 11, 2010

    Court Affirms Md. Man's Death Sentence

    A federal appeals court has upheld a Maryland man's death penalty for kidnapping and shooting a Washington, D.C., police officer's son.

    A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said Wednesday that prosecutors made mistakes in Kenneth Lighty's case, but none of them were serious enough to warrant reversal.

    Lighty, of Hillcrest Heights, Md., was sentenced to death for the 2002 slaying of Eric L. Hayes II. Hayes was abducted from a Washington street and driven to Prince George's County, where he was shot execution-style.

    The appeals court also upheld the kidnapping convictions and life sentences of two Lighty accomplices, James Everett Flood III and Lorenzo Anthony Wilson.

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    On October 17, 2011, the US Supreme Court denied Lighty's certiorari petition.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/10-1010.htm

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    On October 16, 2012, Lighty filed a habeas (2255) petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/mar...v03065/215125/

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    Lighty’s conviction and death sentence were vacated by the federal district court on April 13, 2023.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...3065/215125/6/
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