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>> the police charged freeman and thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19 year old jay la guard, his sister mimi who was 16 and their younger brother who was 12, went to the superdome. after the game, as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the back seat, pulled out a .357 ma...

The local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19 year old jay la guard, his sister mimi who was 16 and their younger brother who was 12, went to the superdome. after the game, as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the back seat, pulled out a .357 magnum, said im taking your car, i want your wallet and yo...

The local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson, but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19-year-old jay la guard, and her brother and sister went to the superdome for a college basketball tournament. after the game as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the backseat, pulled out a .357 magnum and said im taking your car, i want all your valuables...

Around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the drivers side door. and manages to kick the carjacking into his face and out the passenger side door. the carjacker, obviously injured drops the gun and gets away. the carjacker drops the gun and gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper for the murder of ray liuzza. >> when thompsons phot photo appeared, all three lagarde children identified john thompson as their att...

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