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A jury sentenced an Arkansas man to life in prison without parole for killing a television anchor, officials said Thursday. The Pulaski County, Arkansas, jury on Wednesday convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, of capital murder, residential burglary, rape and theft of property in the October 2008 slaying of Anne Pressly, 26. Pressly, the morning news anchor for CNN affiliate KATV, was found beaten and unconscious in her home. She died five days later... Prosecutor Larry Jegley said the jury gave Vance "everything they could give him except the death penalty..." Among the defense witnesses presented Thursday was Vance's mother, who...

Less than a week since emotional testimony began, a jury found Curtis Vance guilty in the rape and beating death of popular Little Rock, Ark., anchorwoman Anne Pressly today. Prosecutors told the jurors in the trial that DNA evidence proved that Vance, 29, was the one who broke into Pressly's home last October and savagely beat and raped her until she was unconscious. Pressly died five days later. The jury must now decide whether Vance should face the death penalty or life in prison, the Associated Press reported. Prosecutors said the DNA evidence also linked Vance to another attack, the...