The status of William Wright's death sentence is in the hands of Blair County Judge Hiram Carpenter. A post-trial hearing concluded Friday morning. Wright was convicted last year in the 1998 Thanksgiving Day shooting death. Wright's new attorneys are appealing his conviction saying his old attorneys did not thoroughly prepare for trial, mostly because they were not given enough time to prepare. They also argue that a new psychologist's report indicates that because of Wright's troubled past the death penalty sentence was too harsh.
Police say brown dove off a highwall and tried to swim to the opposite shore but never made it.
Brown was pronounced dead at Punxsutawney Hospital. Older workers in our region are faced with starting over. Click here . Click here to tell us. Click here to tell us.