Jury sentences Conn. man to death in 2005 slayings

NEW HAVEN, Conn.

Tom Carson, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office, said Wednesday the federal jury in New Haven decided 29-year-old /*Azibo Aquart*/ should receive a death sentence. Aquart was convicted in May of racketeering, murder and conspiracy.

Aquart was one of three men charged in the beating deaths of 43-year-old /*Tina Johnson*/, 40-year-old /*James Reid*/ and 54-year-old /*Basil Williams*/.

Carson said the jury reached death verdicts for the killing of Johnson and Williams, but couldn't reach a unanimous verdict on punishment for Reid's killing.

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