Post by Anja on Jun 23, 2006 18:14:41 GMT -5
Former GOP Official, Friend Face Death in Vegas Double Slaying
A former Clark County Republican Party official is pleading with jurors to
spare his life. His convicted co-defendant is offering a quiet apology.
The penalty phase of the murder-for-hire trial of John Chartier and David
Wilcox continues today in Clark County District Court.
The 37-year-old Chartier and the 43-year-old Wilcox were convicted Friday
of 1st-degree murder. It's now up to the jury to decide whether they
should be put to death for the 2004 slayings of Rachel Bernat and her
father, Carlos Aragon. Bernat was Chartier's ex-wife.
Prosecutors say the slaying stemmed from a bitter custody dispute over the
couple's young son. Wilcox is an ex-Marine who prosecutors say carried out
the slayings out of loyalty to his friend, Chartier, a former G-O-P party
treasurer.
(source: The Associated Press)
A former Clark County Republican Party official is pleading with jurors to
spare his life. His convicted co-defendant is offering a quiet apology.
The penalty phase of the murder-for-hire trial of John Chartier and David
Wilcox continues today in Clark County District Court.
The 37-year-old Chartier and the 43-year-old Wilcox were convicted Friday
of 1st-degree murder. It's now up to the jury to decide whether they
should be put to death for the 2004 slayings of Rachel Bernat and her
father, Carlos Aragon. Bernat was Chartier's ex-wife.
Prosecutors say the slaying stemmed from a bitter custody dispute over the
couple's young son. Wilcox is an ex-Marine who prosecutors say carried out
the slayings out of loyalty to his friend, Chartier, a former G-O-P party
treasurer.
(source: The Associated Press)