Supreme Court rejects case of woman on Alabama death row

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The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children.

FILE - Heather Leavell-Keaton, 22, left, is led into the courtroom by a sheriff's deputy as she appears for a bail hearing in Mobile County District Court, Dec. 14, 2010, in Mobile, Ala. The high court rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton on Monday. FILE - Heather Leavell-Keaton, 22, left, is led into the courtroom by a sheriff's deputy as she appears for a bail hearing in Mobile County District Court, Dec. 14, 2010, in Mobile, Ala.

WASHINGTON — The high court on Monday rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton. As is typical, the court rejected the case without comment. Leavell-Keaton was convicted of murder in the death of 3-year-old Chase DeBlase and manslaughter in the death of his sister, 4-year-old Natalie DeBlase. Prosecutors said she poisoned the children with antifreeze. There was also evidence the children’s father, John DeBlase, strangled them. The children’s remains were found in the woods in Alabama and Mississippi.

 

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