BOSTON -- A federal appeals court unsealed its ruling Monday upholding the death sentence of convicted killer Gary Lee Sampson.
A federal jury gave Sampson the death penalty in 2003 after hearing weeks of testimony about his week-long crime rampage in 2001.
Sampson confessed to carjacking 19-year-old Jonathan Rizzo, of Kingston, and 69-year-old Philip McCloskey, of Taunton, then slitting their throats. He also confessed to killing of 58-year-old Robert Whitney of Meredith, N.H.
Last week, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Sampson's appeal, but sealed its written ruling for one week to give lawyers a chance to object to the release of any material they feel shouldn't be made public.
On Monday, the three-judge panel released its 81-page decision. The court rejected Sampson's claim he should have been granted a new trial because jurors could see and hear victims' family members showing emotion during some of the evidence. The court said the judge took pains to move family members so they were not in spot in the courtroom where they could be seen prominently by jurors.
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