MILFORD, Pa. — A survivalist who shot and killed a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and injured another in an ambush at their barracks will now fight for his own life following his conviction on capital murder charges. Prosecutors will ask the same jury that convicted Frein to send him to death row, while defence lawyers will argue for a sentence of life without parole. The state’s last execution was in 1999, and it has executed only three people since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976. “Today justice was served and a brutal murderer will be held accountable for his heinous and cowardly acts against members of the Pennsylvania State Police,” he said in a statement. The dragnet shut down schools and roads and hurt businesses in the mountainous region, which leans heavily on tourism.

Source: National Post April 20, 2017 14:37 UTC