The fates of two men, one from Norristown and the other from Philadelphia, who are accused of being involved in the fatal shooting of a former Reading man on the Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton, will be in the hands of a jury on Thursday.
The fates of two men, one from Norristown and the other from Philadelphia, who are accused of being involved in the fatal shooting of a former Reading man on the Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton, will be in the hands of a jury on Thursday.
The trial for Jahme Barnes, who was 17 at the time of the alleged homicide but has since turned 18, will begin on June 24 with jury selection, according to an order signed on Monday by Montgomery County Judge William R. Carpenter. The trial is expected to last about five days.
The trial for Jahme Barnes, who was 17 at the time of the alleged homicide but has since turned 18, will begin on June 24 with jury selection, according to an order signed on Monday by Montgomery County Judge William R. Carpenter. The trial is expected to last about five days.
Montgomery County Judge William J. Furber Jr. on June 5 sentenced the 48-year-old Plymouth resident to life in prison without parole for the sexual assault and murder of 14-year-old Ebony Dorsey, a Wissahickon High School freshman honors student. “For some people, the death penalty may be too easy,” said Furber, citing O’Donnell’s repeated “expressed desire […]