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Horrific murders — death sentence

Note: This crime story was originally published in The Advance Aug. 4, 2010. If you Google the convicted murderer’s name today, John Allen Rubio, 13 years after his conviction, and 20 years after the three murders to which he confessed, his case is still bouncing around the justice system, having moved from state court to federal court.At the federal level, his new attorneys won’t give up arguing that his conviction was unconstitutional. Poor guy. He doesn’t deserve the death penalty, they say. This, despite, the murderer’s confession: Yes, I killed the three kids.This story, by the way, was later turned ...

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