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Federal Jury Gives Gary Lee Sampson The Death Penalty

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In this 2004 file photo, Gary Lee Sampson, center, is escorted into Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole/AP)
In this 2004 file photo, Gary Lee Sampson, center, is escorted into Hillsborough County Superior Court in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole/AP)

After 16 hours of deliberations, a federal jury has sentenced convicted killer Gary Lee Sampson to death. This is Sampson's second death penalty. He is the second person in less than two years to be sentenced to death in federal court in Massachusetts.

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David Boeri, WBUR senior reporter. He tweets @davidboeri.

This segment aired on January 9, 2017.

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