Serial killer Gary Lee Sampson makes statement in court
After 15 years of trials and court proceedings, admitted serial killer Gary Lee Sampson made his first public statement in court Thursday as a jury considers whether to sentence him to death.
He put on his reading glasses, lifted himself from the chair at the defense table in Courtroom 13 of the federal courthouse in South Boston, and addressed the jury in a 45-second statement meant to show remorse for the three murders he committed in one week in 2001.
In 123 words, he noted each life that he took.
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