York County district attorney seeks death penalty in baby's death
Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty against a central Pennsylvania man charged in the death of a toddler he was babysitting last year.
The York County district attorney’s office filed notice Tuesday of intent to seek capital punishment if 39-year-old Aric Woodard of York is convicted of first-degree murder in the Nov. 7 death of 2-year-old Jacques Twinn.
Prosecutors allege that Woodard beat the boy while looking after him at a York home. Court documents said he reported finding the boy in a bathtub.
District Attorney Tom Kearney told the court that the death penalty would be warranted because of the victim’s age and what prosecutors say was severe beating amounting to torture.
Defense attorney Joanne Floyd has said she doesn’t believe that Woodard beat the child.
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