13 May 2024 :
May 10, 2024 - California. Jury recommends 2 death sentences for Anthony Rogers, 68, Black
A San Bernardino County jury on Friday, May 10, recommended that a registered sex offender get 2 death sentences for murdering and robbing two women in San Bernardino more than a decade ago.
Jerome Anthony Rogers, 68, Black, had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Judge J. David Mazurek can accept the jury’s recommendation or impose life without parole. Sentencing was set for July 19.
Rogers was a neighborhood handyman accused of killing Wanda Lee Paulin, 86, on Dec. 12, 2010, and Mary Beth Blaskey, 76, on Nov. 14, 2012.
Rogers was convicted on April 23 of 2 counts of murder and 1 count of sexual penetration by force.
(Source: San Bernardino Sun, 10/05/2024)
