25 May 2010 :
A Maricopa County jury sentenced 37-year-old Steven John Parker to death. If jurors did not unanimously agree on the death penalty, Parker would have faced a natural life prison sentence. Parker was convicted May 10 on 2 counts of murder, 1 count of burglary and 1 count of kidnapping. Authorities say Wayne Smith and his wife Faye were found stabbed, beaten and robbed in their home on Sept. 24, 2005.(source: Associated Press, 24/05/2010)
