Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

A Mississippi man convicted in eight killings has been given the death penalty for four of the slayings.

Posted: Feb 27, 2020 10:21 PM

Posted By: Associated Press

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man convicted in eight killings has been given the death penalty for four of the slayings.

Jurors on Thursday agreed unanimously to sentence Willie Cory Godbolt to death on four capital murder convictions arising from the eight killings in May 2017.

He is getting life sentences for the other four murder convictions.

Godbolt told jurors Thursday he had prayed to be a better man, but the devil was not going to let that happen.

He said that before the shootings, he thought his daughter was in danger from a relative.

That caused a woman in the courtroom to yell at Godbolt to shut up.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 253932

Reported Deaths: 5524

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Hinds	16207	322
Harrison	13353	193
Rankin	10689	211
Jackson	10303	183
Lee	8796	141
Madison	8232	162
Jones	6288	110
Forrest	5949	119
Lauderdale	5847	180
Lowndes	5355	116
Lafayette	4942	92
Lamar	4841	65
Washington	4777	123
Bolivar	3966	108
Oktibbeha	3924	80
Panola	3683	78
Pontotoc	3628	53
Monroe	3533	105
Warren	3484	98
Union	3430	60
Marshall	3416	65
Neshoba	3370	152
Pearl River	3278	99
Leflore	3002	105
Lincoln	2970	85
Sunflower	2826	69
Tate	2708	62
Hancock	2665	59
Alcorn	2632	53
Itawamba	2624	59
Pike	2620	77
Scott	2462	45
Prentiss	2450	52
Yazoo	2443	55
Copiah	2408	49
Tippah	2404	50
Simpson	2348	67
Leake	2305	64
Coahoma	2300	54
Grenada	2177	70
Covington	2113	71
Marion	2106	72
Adams	2046	70
Winston	2001	64
Wayne	1996	30
George	1990	38
Attala	1935	59
Newton	1913	42
Tishomingo	1844	59
Chickasaw	1836	44
Jasper	1697	35
Holmes	1685	67
Clay	1590	33
Stone	1423	20
Tallahatchie	1401	34
Clarke	1386	60
Calhoun	1357	21
Smith	1201	23
Yalobusha	1165	34
Walthall	1118	36
Noxubee	1103	22
Greene	1097	29
Montgomery	1094	34
Carroll	1042	21
Lawrence	1024	17
Perry	1016	31
Amite	977	25
Webster	922	24
Tunica	863	21
Claiborne	861	25
Jefferson Davis	841	25
Humphreys	829	24
Benton	815	23
Kemper	771	20
Quitman	688	8
Franklin	664	15
Choctaw	603	13
Wilkinson	583	25
Jefferson	538	19
Sharkey	427	17
Issaquena	159	6
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Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 422598

Reported Deaths: 6120

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Mobile	30225	548
Madison	27052	186
Tuscaloosa	20728	267
Montgomery	18978	305
Shelby	18504	114
Baldwin	16251	182
Lee	12465	101
Morgan	12233	113
Etowah	11735	168
Calhoun	11122	200
Marshall	10191	107
Houston	8598	148
Cullman	8023	105
Limestone	8002	74
Elmore	7836	101
DeKalb	7683	97
Lauderdale	7546	83
St. Clair	7535	120
Talladega	6166	108
Walker	5897	174
Jackson	5803	41
Colbert	5320	73
Blount	5304	83
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Coffee	4410	56
Dale	3961	81
Franklin	3662	48
Chilton	3361	65
Russell	3303	10
Covington	3272	68
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Clarke	2814	33
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Pike	2487	29
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Lawrence	2436	47
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Hale	1758	42
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Butler	1696	58
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Cherokee	1603	30
Henry	1536	21
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Randolph	1398	35
Washington	1376	26
Clay	1261	45
Crenshaw	1187	44
Lamar	1180	19
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Macon	1147	35
Lowndes	1103	35
Wilcox	1031	21
Bullock	990	28
Perry	974	19
Conecuh	944	20
Sumter	890	26
Greene	760	23
Coosa	605	15
Choctaw	512	24
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Unassigned	0	0