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Article: Jimenez won't face execution Prosecutors abandon pursuit of death penalty
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- January 7, 2004
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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 ...