LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas death row inmate whose conviction was overturned because one juror slept and another tweeted during court proceedings avoided the death penalty Friday by pleading guilty to capital murder.
Erickson Dimas-Martinez, 27, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison without parole as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
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