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Transcripts for CNN Death Row Stories 20150705 07:06:00

A fight. jay is pressed with his back against the driver s side door. and manages to kick the carjacker in his face and out through the passenger side door. 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 thompson s photo appeared all three of the lagarde children identified john thompson as their attacker. thompson went on trial for the carjacking first. prosecutors knew a conviction would make him more likely to receive the death penalty for the liuzza murder. this was in keeping with the policies of long term district attorney for the parish, harry ....

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Transcripts for CNN Death Row Stories 20150705 07:05:00

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 lagard, and his sister who was 16, and their younger brother, who was 12, went to the super dome 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 i m taking your car, i want all your valuables. jay deliberately caused a car accident. the carjacker then leapt forward with the gun and jay turned around and met him, and they had ....

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Transcripts for CNN Death Row Stories 20150530 04:05:00

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 lagard, and his sister who was 12 and his brother went to the super dome 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 i m taking your car, i want all your valuables. jay deliberately caused a car accident. the carjacker then leapt forward with the gun and jay turned ....

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Transcripts for CNN Death Row Stories 20150530 04:06:00

Around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the driver s side door. and manages to kick the carjacker in the face and out of the passenger side door. 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 thompson s photo appeared all three of the lagarde children identified thompson as the attacker. thompson went on trial for the carjacking first. prosecutors knew a conviction would make him more likely to receive the death penalty for the liuzza murder. this is in keeping with harry connick sr. s reputation, his office handled upwards of 30,000 cases in his three-decade tenure after often faced accusations of hard-line tactics. harry connick was tough on ....

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Transcripts for CNN Death Row Stories 20150228 03:06:00

With the gun and jay turned around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the driver s side door. and manages to kick the carjacker in the face and out of the passenger side door. the carjacker obviously injured drops the gun and et gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper for the murder of ray liuzza. when thompson s photo appeared all three of the lagarde children identified john thomson as their attacker. thompson went on trial for the carjacking first. prosecutors knew a conviction would make him more likely to receive the death penalty for the liuzza murder. this is in keeping with harry ....

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