In a Tuesday, Sept. 18 2007 file photo, William Morva is shown in court during the second day of jury selection in his trial in Christiansburg, Va.. Montgomery County Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs imposed a jury's recommended sentence of death for William Morva, 26, Monday, June 23, 2008.
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Defendant William Morva looks toward the gallery during the fourth day of his capital murder trial Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Judge Ray Grubbs moved the trial because of difficulty seating a jury. Morva, 25, is accused in the August 2006 slayings of hospital security guard Derrick McFarland and county sheriff's Cpl. Eric Sutphin.
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Defense attorney Tony Anderson, right, makes an argument to move William Morva's capital murder trial out of Montgomery County Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Judge Ray Grubbs moved the trial because of difficulty seating a jury.
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Cindy McFarland, widow of Montgomery regional security guard Derrick McFarland, center, and Rosalind McFarland, Derrick McFarland's mother, right, are comforted after a judge announced the change of venue for the murder trial of William Morva, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in Roanoke, Va. Circuit Court Judge Ray Grubbs granted a defense motion Thursday to move the capital murder trial of Morva out of Montgomery County because of difficulty seating a jury.
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Tamara Sutphin, widow of Cpl. Eric Sutphin, reacts after hearing Judge Ray Grubbs decision to move William Morva's capital murder trial to another venue Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christiansburg, Va. Grubbs moved the trial because of difficulty seating a jury.
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William Morva looks down as a jury verdict of guilty on three capital murder charges is read by Circuit Judge Ray Grubbs in Washington County Circuit Court in Abingdon Va. Tuesday March 11 2008. Morva was convicted of overpowering a sheriff's deputy at a hospital and using the deputy's pistol to kill security guard Derrick McFarland, 32. He also was found guilty of killing sheriff's Cpl. Eric Sutphin, 40, one day later near the Virginia Tech campus. (AP Photo by Matt Gentry)

Convicted murderer William Morva has a range of expressions during a day of defense testimony in Washington County Circuit Court in Abingdon Va. Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
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Convicted murderer William Morva, right, talks with his attorney Tony Anderson in Washington County Circuit Court in Abingdon Va. Thursday, March 13, 2008. The jury in Virginia has begun deliberating whether an escaped inmate convicted of capital murder should be put to death or receive life in prison without parole. (AP Photo by Matt Gentry)

Tony Anderson, left, defense attorney for convicted murderer William Morva, lower right, holds up photographs taken of Morva before his criminal history began in Washington County Circuit Court in Abingdon Va. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Anderson was appealing to the jury to give his client life in
prison without parole for the crimes he committed rather than the death sentence.
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Convicted murderer William Morva smiles prior to formal proceedings in Washington County Circuit Court in Abingdon Va. Thursday, March 13, 2008. The jury in Virginia has begun deliberating whether an escaped inmate convicted of capital murder should be put to death or receive life in prison without parole.
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William Morva addresses the court room during his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Chriatiansburg Va. Monday July 23 2008. Morva, 26, who was convicted of capital murder in March for the August 2006 killings of a hospital guard and sheriff's deputy, was sentenced to death despite his attorney's pleas for leniency. A jury had previously recommended the death penalty.
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