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A convicted killer of a Lake County deputy now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole rather than a death sentence.
At his first trial, Jason Wheeler was sentenced to death. At his retrial, Wheeler was ordered to serve a life term for killing a Lake County deputy.
Jason Wheeler, accused of murdering a Lake County deputy, is being re-tried. The defense portrays him as a man who suffered abuse and addiction.
Jason Wheeler, who was sentenced to death for killing a Lake County sheriff's deputy in 2005, is seeking a life sentence in a new trial.