By Garren Shipley -- Daily Staff Writer WINCHESTER — Now that a federal court has declined to overturn Edward N. Bell’s death sentence, the convicted murderer’s odds of staying alive have declined precipitously. Bell was convicted in 2001 of the...
By Garren Shipley-- Daily Staff Writer HARRISONBURG — The hearing where Edward N. Bell was sentenced to die was seriously flawed, but not badly enough to overturn his sentence and send the matter back to state court, a federal judge...
Convicted murderer’s new legal team trying to stop his execution By Garren Shipley -- Daily Staff Writer HARRISONBURG — What could be convicted murderer Edward N. Bell’s last trip to court was marked with gut-wrenching testimony and tears on both...
