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Death Sentence Upheld for Brown | Birmingham News
Alabama’s highest criminal court has affirmed the death sentence for LaJeromeny Latez Brown, convicted of murdering Huntsville officer Billy Clardy III in 2019. Despite Brown’s self-defense claim — based on seeing a man with a gun — body cam footage showed Clardy, in uniform and unarmed, entering a brightly lit home. The Appeals Court rejected Brown’s appeals over jury instructions and denied continuance requests, finding the death penalty appropriate given the crime’s brutality. Brown remains on death row. Clardy, a decorated 14-year veteran, is remembered as a hero whose death spurred…
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