Federal Prosecutors Seek Life Sentence For Final Defendant In Fatal Firebombing
By Tony Hanson
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Federal prosecutors say it is as vicious and disturbing as any crime of violence ever perpetrated in the long history of the City of Philadelphia. And today, authorities are seeking a life sentence for the final defendant convicted at trial.
It was a crime that shook the city and the justice system. Six people died in the 2004 firebombing, ordered from prison by a convicted drug kingpin trying to silence witnesses.
Kaboni Savage was convicted of ordering the firebombing and planning and committing other murders. He was sentenced to death.
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Today, Robert Merritt will be sentenced. The jury found Merritt actually started the fire. The victims included the mother and infant son of a witness against Savage, as well as three other children.
Two other co-defendants, Savage's sister and another man already have been sentenced to life in the case.
