Escaped Convict Gets Death for Kidnapping
From Times Wire Reports
A federal jury in Columbia sentenced an escaped convict to death in the kidnapping and killing of a woman who was abducted from a parking lot.
The jury deliberated about six hours before giving the death penalty to Branden Basham. He and co-defendant Chadrick Fulks were convicted of charges including kidnapping resulting in death and carjacking resulting in death.
Fulks received a death sentence in June.
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