Tag: Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Stafford Jr.
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Appeals Court Upholds 65-Year Prison Sentence Of Eddie Smith, Alabama Man Who Solicted Murder Of Federal Judge, Prosecutor, Deputy Sheriff And Newspaper Reporter
Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV had two plans: One was to pay a hitman to kill U.S. District Judge William H. Steele, assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Bordenkircher, a deputy sheriff, a former business associate and newspaper reporter. Smith’s other plan was to implicate his murder targets in a plot to frame him by planting false evidence…