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WESTERN BUREAU: A St Elizabeth father is hoping that a judge hands down the death penalty for his daughter’s former flame who stabbed her multiple times in her sleep last year. He believes that this could be a lesson to other abusive and...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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