Wayne Prince was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the murder of thirteen year old Cassandra Prince
According to court documents Wayne Prince would get into a fight with his wife where he promised to kill her and their children. Prince would then fatally shoot thirteen year old Cassandra Prince and his wife. The wife would survive
Wayne Prince would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
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Wayne Prince Case
On March 25, 1998, Prince and his wife Christine Parker were involved in a heated domestic dispute. Christine’s son was asleep during the incident, but Cassandra, her thirteen-year-old daughter, attempted to flee the apartment to summon help. Prince was armed with a gun and threatened to kill the children, Christine, and then himself. Eventually, the fight moved into Cassandra’s room, where Prince held a pillow around the gun and shot Cassandra in the head. Prince then shot Christine. Christine survived, but Cassandra did not.1
¶ 3 A jury found that Prince committed the attempted murder of Christine and the first degree murder of Cassandra. Following the jury’s guilty verdict, the trial judge conducted a sentencing hearing to determine whether any aggravating or mitigating circumstances existed. A.R.S. § 13-703 (2001),amended by 2002 Ariz. Sess. Laws, 5th Spec. Sess., ch. 1, § 1. The judge found beyond a reasonable doubt the presence of two aggravating circumstances: (1) Prince committed the murder in an especially heinous, cruel, or depraved manner, A.R.S. section 13-703.F.6; and (2) Prince was an adult at the time he committed the murder and Cassandra was under fifteen years of age, A.R.S. section 13-703.F.9. The judge determined that the mitigating circumstances were not “sufficiently substantial to call for leniency” and sentenced Prince to death for the first degree murder conviction.
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