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The Associated Press
Jurors deliberated two hours before returning a guilty verdict against Bobby "Rex" Stribling, who faces the death penalty for killing Glenn Thomas Jr.
The sentencing phase of the trial was scheduled to begin Thursday at the Wayne County courthouse. The jury must choose whether to sentence Stribling to life in prison or death by lethal injection.
During the trial, defense attorney Gerald Word said Stribling admitted he killed Thomas. But Word insisted it was a crime of sudden rage that didn't warrant a death sentence.
Word said in his closing argument Wednesday that Stribling, a cocaine addict and repeat felon, went to Thomas' office to try to borrow money. He said Stribling snapped when Thomas called him "white convict trash."
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ATHENS: A Clarke County 14-year-old is charged with using pepper spray in a middle school classroom.
Sorrow says the teacher and students began coughing, and the classroom was evacuated and ventilated with fans before students were permitted to return.
Sorrow says the teacher took a container of pepper spray from the 14-year-old and turned it over to the school resource officer.
The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, is charged with having a weapon on school property, disorderly conduct and reckless conduct.
UNION CITY: Officials in Union City say a 2-month-old puppy found hog-tied and restrained with zip-ties behind a Walmart store has been adopted.
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