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    Nathaniel Dennis Sentenced to LWOP in 2012 AL Slaying of Earnest Russell Douglas


    Ernest Russell Douglas, right, with his wife several years ago.




    December 31, 2013

    Nathaniel Dennis, 60, was charged by Dothan police after a grand jury indictment for capital murder robbery in the shooting death of 45-year-old Earnest Russell Douglas.

    Police charged Dennis in the fatal robbery at the Northview Amoco Station at 3033 Reeves Street, which happened on Sept. 26, 1981. Douglas died from his injuries on Oct. 7, 1981.

    A trial date for spring 2015 has been set in front of Circuit Court Judge Michael Conaway.

    Attorneys Eric Davis, along with attorneys Andrew George and Harry Morgan, of the law firm Baker Botts LLP, out of Washington, D.C., represent Dennis.

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    The man charged in a fatal 1981 gas station robbery goes to trial on March 2nd. Nathaniel Dennis was arrested in 2012 for the shooting death of Earnest Douglas at the Northview Amoco Station on Reeves Street. Investigators used DNA evidence to link Dennis to the crime. He's charged with capital murder robbery.

    http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/H...287369621.html

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    Judge wanted to give convicted cold case killer death but didn’t

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    DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A Houston County judge sentenced convicted murderer Nathaniel Dennis to life in prison without parole for murdering a Dothan store clerk.

    Judge Larry Anderson's decision was a reluctant one. He wanted to give Dennis the death penalty but, given recent law changes, believed that sentence could create lots of issues.

    No doubt, Anderson was emotionally swayed by 40 years of anguish suffered by the family of Russell Douglas.

    In 1981, Douglas worked at a convenience store near Northview High School. A full time farmer, he did so to earn extra cash to care for his wife and their four children.

    On a Saturday night, Douglas closed the store and was planning to head home after tidying up. He never made it.

    Police say Nathaniel Dennis, now 65, shot out a window, forced his way into the store, then robbed and killed Douglas.

    He left one critical piece of evidence behind; a pair of panty hose used to cover his face and a strand of hair that got caught in the nylon.

    Fast forward a few decades. Dennis had moved to Virginia, where he was working at a newspaper. In 1997, police charged him with viciously assaulting a co-worker.

    When he went to prison for that crime, his DNA sample was taken and police determined it matched that strand of hair left behind in Dothan.

    This summer, a jury found Dennis guilty of capital murder and on Friday, Anderson sent him to prison—for life. With mixed emotions, the judge accepted that recommendation from the jury.

    Alabama has a law that a judge must accept those recommendations although that law may not apply to older cases, including the one against Dennis.

    https://www.wsfa.com/2019/08/09/judg...r-death-didnt/
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