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Prosecutors will seek death penalty in taxi cab driver's killing
By Chris Pryor
Phoenix Staff Writer
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Jason Lamont Jackson's preliminary hearing has been set for 10 a.m. Oct. 25 in Muskogee County District Court.
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Muskogee County prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the first-degree murder of a taxi driver.
Muskogee County District Attorney John David Luton said the July 31 shooting death of Robert Lawson, 38, was atrocious and that the man who did it deserves to die.
Jason Lamont Jackson, 19, the man charged in the crime, has a preliminary hearing set for Oct. 25 in Muskogee County District Court.
"I think the death penalty is the appropriate penalty for the crime he committed and the way he committed it," Luton said.
This is the third death penalty case filed in Muskogee County since 1993, Luton said.
Luton lists three aggravating circumstances that are grounds for seeking the death penalty:
# The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing identification, lawful arrest and prosecution.
# The murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel."
# Jackson will probably commit another crime, "as shown by (his) utter disregard for human life and the callousness of his acts."
The jury at Jackson's trial must unanimously approve at least one of those circumstances to then be able to sentence him to death, Luton said.
Lawson, who was driving a taxi for Mi Ryde, was shot about 9:30 p.m. July 31 after picking Jackson up at 402 W. Augusta St. and taking him to a vacant house at 4807 Oklahoma St. Police arrested Jackson after he called another cab company to pick him up about an hour after the shooting a block east from where Lawson dropped him off.
Originally published August 20, 2005
By Chris Pryor
Phoenix Staff Writer
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Jackson
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Jason Lamont Jackson's preliminary hearing has been set for 10 a.m. Oct. 25 in Muskogee County District Court.
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Muskogee County prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the first-degree murder of a taxi driver.
Muskogee County District Attorney John David Luton said the July 31 shooting death of Robert Lawson, 38, was atrocious and that the man who did it deserves to die.
Jason Lamont Jackson, 19, the man charged in the crime, has a preliminary hearing set for Oct. 25 in Muskogee County District Court.
"I think the death penalty is the appropriate penalty for the crime he committed and the way he committed it," Luton said.
This is the third death penalty case filed in Muskogee County since 1993, Luton said.
Luton lists three aggravating circumstances that are grounds for seeking the death penalty:
# The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing identification, lawful arrest and prosecution.
# The murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel."
# Jackson will probably commit another crime, "as shown by (his) utter disregard for human life and the callousness of his acts."
The jury at Jackson's trial must unanimously approve at least one of those circumstances to then be able to sentence him to death, Luton said.
Lawson, who was driving a taxi for Mi Ryde, was shot about 9:30 p.m. July 31 after picking Jackson up at 402 W. Augusta St. and taking him to a vacant house at 4807 Oklahoma St. Police arrested Jackson after he called another cab company to pick him up about an hour after the shooting a block east from where Lawson dropped him off.
Originally published August 20, 2005