Article: Jimenez won't face execution Prosecutors abandon pursuit of death penalty

CRIPPLE CREEK - Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against a man accused of abducting a girl from Colorado Springs and raping and killing her at a Teller County campground.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Friday in the retrial of Anthony Jimenez, 26. He is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape and other crimes in the death of 16-year-old Jennifer Baker more than three years ago.

If convicted, Jimenez faced

the possibility of execution until prosecutors filed notice Dec. 29 they no longer will seek the death penalty. The prosecution's decision became public in a motions hearing Tuesday.

District Attorney Jeanne Smith said prosecutors decided against seeking the ...

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