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Former teacher to die in Nevada gas chamber for Thanksgiving Day killings
Reno jury sentences Priscilla Ford, 51, to death for killing six people and injuring 23 when she drove along a downtown Reno sidewalk on Thanksgiving Day 1980. The judge set formal imposition for April 29, with 23 counts of attempted murder to be heard. The verdict cited aggravating factors and no mitigating ones. Defense plans an appeal.
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