Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Death Sentence for 2 Teen-Age Brothers
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Two teen-age brothers convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting and stabbing of four employees at a Taco Bell restaurant were sentenced to the electric chair. Circuit Judge Uriel Blount rejected pleas for mercy by Jeffrey Farina, 17, and Anthony Farina, 18. They were convicted of murdering Michelle Van Ness, 17, and of trying to murder Gary Robinson, 19, Derek Mason, 17, and Kimberly Gordon, 18, during the robbery at the Daytona Beach, restaurant.
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