He Killed Elderly Lady: Now He Faces Death

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He Killed Elderly Lady: Now He Faces Death

Richard Longoria

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 11:11 AM CST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 11:11 AM CST

DALLAS (AP) - A man has been sentenced to death for a second
time in the 1989 slaying of an 81-year-old Dallas woman.
     
Mark Robertson, who was sentenced Thursday, had won a second
sentencing hearing after a federal appellate court ruled that his
original jury had been given confusing instructions on how to
consider his punishment.
     
Robertson shot Edna Brau between the eyes in 1989 as she slept
on the couch.
     
Robertson is already serving two life sentences for killing her
grandson, Sean Hill, while they were fishing, and convenience store
clerk Jeffrey Saunders.
     
Brau's son, John Brau, told the Dallas Morning News after the
verdict that Robertson was a "cancer to humanity" who has only
cared about himself.
     
     
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
     
AP-NY-07-03-09 0937EDT

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