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William Leroy Barnes resentenced to consecutive life sentences for brutal murders of elderly Salisbury couple in 1992 William Leroy Barnes was resentenced to two consecutive life sentences for two counts of first degree murder. (Source: State of North Carolina) By David Whisenant | May 14, 2021 at 11:16 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 11:16 AM
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - One of the men convicted and sentenced to the death penalty in 1994 for the murder of B. P. and Ruby Tutterow in their Salisbury home in October 1992 has now been resentenced after a new hearing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that during William Leroy Barnes’ 1994 jury trial, a juror’s discussion with her pastor regarding the death penalty, and the juror later sharing that conversation with her fellow jurors during deliberations, constituted an improper external influence on the jury, resulting in prejudice that had a substantial and injurious effect on the jury’s pun