context: Tom Dooley (originally Thomas C. Dula) (June 22, 1845 - May 1, 1868) was a former US military soldier who was arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of his fiancé Laura Foster. The trial of the case and the ensuing hangover judgment received national publicity, and Tom Dooley's short life in North Carolina became a folk story. In 1958, the American vocal group Kingston Trio recorded the ballad "Tom Dooley" and made it known around the world.
question: How was Tom Dooley sentenced to death?
answers.text: arrested and sentenced to death for the murder of his fiancé Laura Foster. The trial of the case and the ensuing hangover judgment received national publicity, and Tom Dooley's short life in North Carolina became a folk story