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Government Seeks Death Penalty for Federal Inmate Charged with First Degree Murder

04/10/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment this week, charging Ishmael Petty, 56, with first degree murder and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence.

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