PHILADELPHIA (AP) - July 22, 2008
The high court, by a 4-2 decision, overturned rulings by the
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in two similar cases.
Thavirak Sam was convicted of killing his mother-in-law,
brother-in-law and 2-year-old niece in 1989. Herbert Watson was
convicted of the 1982 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend.
Both were sentenced to death but later found incompetent to
participate in appeals filed on their behalf.
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