A convicted murderer who was originally sentenced to death for the 2003 murder of a local minister and attempted murder of the minister's widow will now serve life in prison.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and life sentence of a Shreveport man arrested for raping an 11-year-old girl.
Judge John Robinson sentenced 52-year-old Marion Dale Jones to life in prison after Jones was convicted of aggravated rape by a Bossier Parish jury in October 2014.
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A man convicted of second-degree murder by a Caddo Parish jury earlier this month has been handed his sentence. James Edward Mason, Jr., has been sentenced to life in prison at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence...