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Carr spared electric chair after life plus 224 years
Jeremiah Carr, 20, of Durham North Carolina, was sentenced in Richmond to life in prison plus 224 years after being convicted of murder, abduction, rape and robbery tied to the deaths and injuries of Ernest Owens Ada Owens and Christopher Tennant, members of the Bill Deal and the Rhondells. The jury found him guilty of capital murder in a criminal spree tied to a motel room assault during a March 4 incident.
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Richmond, Va
Jeremiah Carr
Carr
Durham
N.C
Ernest Frederick Owens
Owens
Ada
Christopher C. Tennant
Virginia Beach
Richmond
Tennant
Virginia
Ada Owens
James M. Lumpkin
Commonwealth
Robert J. Rice