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Death Row Duo Faces New Death Penalty | Tucson News
Two death row inmates, Pete Van Winkle and Tracy Hampton, face renewed death penalty charges for allegedly killing fellow inmate Kenneth Thompson inside a Pinal County jail. Both men already have prior death sentences — Van Winkle for a 2008 jail murder, Hampton for a 2001 double homicide involving an unborn child. Thompson, also a violent offender with a death sentence from 2019 for murdering his sister-in-law and her boyfriend, was the victim in this latest alleged killing. Prosecutors argue the circumstances justify the harshest penalty under Arizona law, setting the stage for a long…
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