Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 6, 2006 13:36:07 GMT -5
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty In Moonda's Murder
Doctor Fatally Shot Along Ohio Turnpike
PITTSBURGH -- The woman accused of getting a man to murder her millionaire husband could face the death penalty.
In court papers filed Wednesday in federal court, the government will seek the death penalty for Donna Moonda, if she is convicted in the murder of her husband, Dr. Gulam Moonda.
Prosecutors believe a sentence of death is justified for three counts of murder for hire and two counts of using a firearm in a crime of violence resulting in death against Donna Moonda.
Moonda is accused of hiring her former lover, Damian Bradford, to kill her husband.
Bradford has pleaded guilty and will serve 17 and a half years instead of a possible life sentence in exchange for testifying against Moonda.
Bradford claims Moonda promised him millions of dollars from her inheritance and life insurance policies upon the death of her husband who was shot to death along the Ohio Turnpike in May 2005.
Moonda's attorney, Roger Synenberg, told Target 11’s Karen Welles that he's disappointed in what he calls a disproportionate sanction against his client as compared to the sentence for the admitted triggerman.
Moonda is scheduled to stand trial next month.
Copyright 2006 by Wpxi.com.
Doctor Fatally Shot Along Ohio Turnpike
PITTSBURGH -- The woman accused of getting a man to murder her millionaire husband could face the death penalty.
In court papers filed Wednesday in federal court, the government will seek the death penalty for Donna Moonda, if she is convicted in the murder of her husband, Dr. Gulam Moonda.
Prosecutors believe a sentence of death is justified for three counts of murder for hire and two counts of using a firearm in a crime of violence resulting in death against Donna Moonda.
Moonda is accused of hiring her former lover, Damian Bradford, to kill her husband.
Bradford has pleaded guilty and will serve 17 and a half years instead of a possible life sentence in exchange for testifying against Moonda.
Bradford claims Moonda promised him millions of dollars from her inheritance and life insurance policies upon the death of her husband who was shot to death along the Ohio Turnpike in May 2005.
Moonda's attorney, Roger Synenberg, told Target 11’s Karen Welles that he's disappointed in what he calls a disproportionate sanction against his client as compared to the sentence for the admitted triggerman.
Moonda is scheduled to stand trial next month.
Copyright 2006 by Wpxi.com.