District attorney breaks no death penalty pledge when charging mass shooter
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed notice with the Fulton Superior Court she plans to seek the death penalty and enhanced hate crimes charges against Long in the first test of a hate crime law passed by the Georgia Legislature last year. I, along with my staff, have made a determination that this office will seek the death penalty, Ms Willis told reporters.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is pushing for Robert Aaron Long to be executed.(AP) Last year, I told the voters of Fulton County that I could not imagine a circumstance where I would seek it. And at that time I did not.
Hate crime charges sought in Georgia spa shootings
Posted : 2021-05-12 10:51
Updated : 2021-05-12 10:51
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announces she will seek the death penalty in the Atlanta area spa shootings at a news conference in Atlanta, Ga., May 11. Reuters-Yonhap
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty and file hate crime charges against the man accused of shooting dead eight people, including six women of Asian origin, in attacks on three spas in the southern U.S. state of Georgia.
Robert Aaron Long, 22, was indicted by a grand jury in Georgia s Fulton County on Tuesday for the murders of four women in a March 16 attack on two spas in the city of Atlanta.
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The Atlanta spa shooting suspect was indicted today. Here s what we know.
From CNN s Jason Morris and Ray Sanchez
Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for hate crimes targeting the sex and race of the victims.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed notice with the Fulton Superior Court Tuesday that she plans to seek the death penalty and enhanced hate crimes charges against Long in the first test of a hate crime law passed by the Georgia Legislature last year.
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Suspect in Atlanta-area spa shootings indicted, set to face hate crime charges