3rd defendant gets life in Coatesville slaying
Shamone ‘Kadoff’ Woods also ordered to pay more than $31,000 in restitution
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The third of four defendants charged with executing a 33-year-old Coatesville barbershop owner in 2006 received a mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder in Chester County Court on Monday.
With minimal comment, Judge David Bortner imposed the penalty on Shamone...
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...
