Bill Kirby Jr.: Prosecutor wants death for trooper's alleged killer
The prosecutor didn’t mince his words when he said in November he would seek the death penalty.Jon David is the district attorney for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties, and he says Chauncy Askew gunned down a N.C. Highway patrolman just after midnight on Oct. 17 in Columbus County, and David wants the 18-year-old Askew to pay for the murder with his life.“Given the facts of this case,” David would say in a news release two days after the trooper’s death, […]
