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This doesn't include where, if anywhere, one could write and protest any lesser sentance...but maybe somebody can find an email address or something. I'm not a believer in the death penalty, but neither am I in favor of letting this guy out...


By ROBERT W. BLACK, Associated Press Writer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A man sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard is seeking a lesser term.

Russell Henderson's attorney alleges the state's lawyers failed to properly inform Henderson of his options after he pleaded guilty in 1999 to felony murder and kidnapping in order to avoid a possible death sentence.


Attorney Tim Newcomb said in a petition filed Friday that, if properly advised, Henderson could have sought a lesser sentence. He also argued the sentence didn't fit Henderson's role in Shepard's death.


According to authorities, Henderson and Aaron McKinney, both 21, kidnapped, pistol-whipped, robbed and left Shepard tied to a fence outside Laramie in October 1998. The 21-year-old died five days later in a hospital from massive head injuries.


Henderson admitted driving Shepard to the area and tying him to the fence but said he tried to prevent McKinney from inflicting a more severe beating. McKinney's attorney said Henderson's story was fabricated.


McKinney was convicted by a jury and also received two consecutive life sentences.


Newcomb declined comment on the petition Wednesday, as did the prosecutor in the case.


"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
 
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