03-25-2012, 12:42 PM
SIOUX CITY — A federal judge has vacated the death sentence of an Iowa woman convicted of helping her boyfriend kill five people near Mason City.
Angela Johnson, 48, of Forest City, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Sioux City in 2005 of helping Dustin Honken kill five people — including two little girls — to help cover up evidence of drug crimes. The same jury then recommended Johnson be sentenced to death for four of the slayings and receive life in prison for the fifth death.
Read more: http://globegazette.com/news/local/judge...z1q9CqMrxS
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Angela Johnson, 48, of Forest City, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Sioux City in 2005 of helping Dustin Honken kill five people — including two little girls — to help cover up evidence of drug crimes. The same jury then recommended Johnson be sentenced to death for four of the slayings and receive life in prison for the fifth death.
Read more: http://globegazette.com/news/local/judge...z1q9CqMrxS