SALEM, OR — A man facing a possible death sentence for killing his mother and a nephew has made a bargain with prosecutors: a life sentence without possibility of parole and no appeals to higher courts. Adrien Graham Wallace was sentenced Tuesday. Last week, a jury took about 12 minutes to convict him of aggravated murder. After conferring with his attorneys, Wallace decided not to go ahead with the sentencing phase in which the jury could have sentenced him to die.
Wallace did not deny killing Saundra Sue Wallace, 71, in 2012 along with Nicholas "Nick" Brian Juarez, 16. They were shot nearly 20 times from about three feet with a military-style rifle.
His lawyers mounted an insanity defense.
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