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TUCSON — An Arizona jury says the leader of an anti-illegal-immigrant group convicted in a deadly 2009 home-invasion robbery is eligible for the death penalty.
Pima County Superior Court jurors reached their decision Tuesday after 45 minutes of deliberations. Shawna Forde, 42, was convicted Monday on two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the May 2009 home invasion in Arivaca. Killed in the robbery were Raul Flores, 29, and his daughter Brisenia, 9.
Forde is the leader of the Minutemen American Defense, a border-watch group. Prosecutors say she planned the attack to help fund its anti-immigrant operations.
