Crime & Justice

Ron Lafferty, Murderer Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad, Dies of Natural Causes

Ron Lafferty’s case was documented in Jon Krakauer’s 2003 book “Under the Banner of Heaven.”

Anna Kaplan
Anna Kaplan 

Breaking News Reporter

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Anna Kaplan

Anna Kaplan

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