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Willie Cory Godbolt looks around the courtroom, March 12, 2018, following his arraignment on capital murder charges, first-degree murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery in the deaths of eight people, including a deputy sheriff, in Brookhaven, Miss. A majority of the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday, March 7, 2024, affirming Godbolt's 2020 conviction in the killings, which occurred in 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi Supreme Court affirms a death row inmate’s convictions in the killings of 8 people

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Willie Cory Godbolt looks around the courtroom, March 12, 2018, following his arraignment on capital murder charges, first-degree murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery in the deaths of eight people, including a deputy sheriff, in Brookhaven, Miss. A majority of the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday, March 7, 2024, affirming Godbolt's 2020 conviction in the killings, which occurred in 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi Supreme Court affirms a death row inmate’s convictions in the killings of 8 people

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Defense attorney Alison Steiner, left, confers with her client, Willie Cory Godbolt, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, on Day 11 during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

No new trial for Mississippi man convicted of killing 8

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Defense attorney Alison Steiner, left, confers with her client, Willie Cory Godbolt, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, on Day 11 during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt exiting the Pike County Courtroom Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, on Day 10 of his capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss., after hearing the jury's verdict of guilty on all 12 counts. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Victims’ families testify in Mississippi death penalty trial

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt is sworn in before telling the court he did not want to testify on his own behalf in his capital murder trial Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 during Day 9 of testimony at the Pike County Courthouse, in Magnolia, Miss. Pictured are, from left: Master Sgt. Keith Dickerson with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, defense attorney Alison Steiner, Godbolt and Lincoln County Jail Warden Randy Pickett. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Mississippi man convicted in shooting deaths of 8 people

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, left, cries as he listens to testimony from Shayla Edwards Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, on Day 5 of the capital murder trial of Godbolt at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. A witness testified Tuesday that Godbolt, on trial in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, showed up at her house the night of the killings and that he was carrying two rifles and told her that he had killed a sheriff's deputy. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Man charged with killing 8 won’t testify in his own trial

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The defense team of Willie Cory Godbolt, second from right, listens to Circuit Judge David Strong Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, during Day 6 of Godbolt's capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. Pictured from left are defense attorney Alison Steiner, mitigation specialist Lela Hubbard, Godbolt and defense attorney Katherine Poor. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP,Pool)

Brother testifies about man charged with killing 8 people

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, left, cries as he listens to testimony from Shayla Edwards Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, on Day 5 of the capital murder trial of Godbolt at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. A witness testified Tuesday that Godbolt, on trial in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, showed up at her house the night of the killings and that he was carrying two rifles and told her that he had killed a sheriff's deputy. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Mississippi man accused of killing 8 tears up during trial

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, seated left of one of his attorneys, Katherine Poor, listens to his 12-year-old daughter's testimony on the third day of Godbolt's capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Witness says man on trial told her, ‘I done shot the police’

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Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, seated left of one of his attorneys, Katherine Poor, listens to his 12-year-old daughter's testimony on the third day of Godbolt's capital murder trial at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss. Godbolt, 37, is on trial, for the May 2017 shooting deaths of eight people in Brookhaven. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Daughter of man accused of killing 8 describes his abuse

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Defense attorneys Alison Steiner, left, and Katherine Poor, right, discuss behind Willie Cory Godbolt during the second day of testimony in the capital murder trial of Godbolt at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Opening arguments were made Saturday in the death penalty trial of Godbolt, accused of killing multiple people in Mississippi in May 2017. (Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool)

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting

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FILE - In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., for the trial of Godbolt, a man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi in 2017. Godbolt has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including four counts of murder and four counts of capital murder. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Defense attorney: Man accused of killing 8 ‘just snapped’

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FILE - In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., for the trial of Godbolt, a man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi in 2017. Godbolt has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including four counts of murder and four counts of capital murder. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Jury chosen in trial of man charged with killing 8 people

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FILE - In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., for the trial of Godbolt, a man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi in 2017. Godbolt has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including four counts of murder and four counts of capital murder. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Possible jurors questioned in Mississippi case of 8 killings

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FILE - In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., for the trial of Godbolt, a man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi in 2017. Godbolt has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including four counts of murder and four counts of capital murder. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Jury being chosen for trial of man charged with killing 8

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Insanity defense not expected for man charged in 8 killings

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In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jurors will be allowed to hear what a Mississippi man told a reporter on video as he was arrested in the killings of eight people. A judge ruled that Godbolt’s statements, including saying “I’m sorry” that a deputy was killed, will be admissible at his trial in February, the Daily Leader reported Friday, June 28, 2019. Godbolt is charged with killing the deputy, his own mother-in-law and six others at three houses in May 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Judge: Man’s ‘I’m sorry’ video can be used in murder trial

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Lawyers want evidence excluded in killings of 8

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Distant jurors to hear trial for 8 killings in Mississippi

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