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Published January 21. 2021 9:26PM  By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD — Federal prosecutors are no longer seeking the death penalty for a Connecticut drug dealer convicted for his role in the killings of three people beaten to death in a turf dispute over crack cocaine sales. The U.S. attorney's office notified Azibo Aquart's lawyer about its decision late last month, according to a document filed Tuesday in federal court in New Haven. A spokesperson for federal prosecutors in Connecticut had no immediate comment Thursday. Aquart, now 39, was sentenced to death in 2012 for the 2005...

Feds no longer seeking death penalty in triple killing By DAVE COLLINSJanuary 21, 2021 GMT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are no longer seeking the death penalty for a Connecticut drug dealer convicted for his role in the killings of three people beaten to death in a turf dispute over crack cocaine sales. The U.S. attorney’s office notified Azibo Aquart’s lawyer about its decision late last month, according to a document filed Tuesday in federal court in New Haven. A spokesperson for federal prosecutors in Connecticut had no immediate comment Thursday. Aquart, now 39, was se...