Rhonda Carlson is not facing the death penalty for her capital murder charges
Rhonda Carlson Status Hearing
Posted: Jul 15, 2021 5:52 PM
Posted By: Grace Campbell
A woman charged in a mass murder faced a judge for the first time since testifying against her now-convicted co-defendant.
WAAY 31 spoke with attorneys on both sides about the plea deal that will spare Rhonda Carlson a death sentence.
Both the prosecution and the defense agreed to the plea deal. It helped them get a key testimony about the murders of Kristen Henderson and four others during Chris Henderson s capital murder trial.
“We had to have several meetings prior to Chris Henderson’s trial in which we delivered some information and worked out some type of an agreement so that we could move forward in this capacity, said Erin Atkins, Carlson s defense attorney.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Testimony continued Monday in the capital murder trial of Christopher Henderson, a north Alabama man accused of working with his first wife to kill his pregnant second wife and four members of her family.
Prosecutors say Christopher Henderson was still legally married to Rhonda Carlson, when he married Kristen Smallwood Henderson. They said Christopher Henderson and Carlson later plotted to kill Kristen Henderson and her family in 2015. The five family members, including two children, were shot and stabbed before the house was set ablaze, authorities said.
Carlson, who took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, testified last week, news outlets reported. Defense lawyers cross-examined her Monday.
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