Murderer takes deal to avoid risk of execution
Eric Coxry, convicted of executing Coatesville barber, waives appeal rights
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric “Stroda” Coxry agrees to waive his appeal rights in exchange for avoiding the death-penalty phase of his murder conviction.
After ruminating over the weekend about the prosecution’s offer to take the death penalty off the table, a convicted murderer needed a...