Inmate sentenced to life in death of prostitute
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Posted 6:57AM on Friday 22nd November 2002 ( 22 years ago )
ATLANTA - A man already serving life in prison for a string of robberies has been given another life sentence in the murder of an Atlanta prostitute. <br>
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A Superior Court jury that convicted Jeffery Ray Sharp of raping and beating the 19-year-old woman to death in a cemetery five years ago spared him from the death penalty Thursday. <br>
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``It was a horrific crime,'' District Attorney Paul Howard said. ``I guess they decided to give him a break.'' <br>
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The jury deliberated about an hour before announcing Sharp, now 37, should be imprisoned without parole for the murder of Jessica Marie Shultz.
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