Man Asks for Death Before Murder Trial

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In what experts say is a rare occurrence, a man accused of murdering two children and attacking their mother has asked a judge to let him plead guilty and to sentence him to death. 

“I only wish the judge to sentence me to death so no one can feel responsible for another’s death, including mine,” Marco Allen Chapman wrote in a letter to Circuit Judge Tony Frohlich read in court in October.

Chapman, 32, is due back in court Tuesday, when a doctor is expected to testify about his mental state and whether he understands what a guilty plea and death sentence would mean.

“His request is very well thought out,” Linda Tally Smith, who is prosecuting Chapman, said last week. “The big question is, will he change his mind and what do we do if he does?”
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