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Summary Of The Sabrina Buie Case

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In September 1983, an 11 year old female by the name of Sabrina Buie was found dead in a soybean field in Robeson County. She was beaten very bad, She was also raped and suffocated. As days passed , police got noticed that two teenagers could be a prime suspect for the crime. Their names were Henry Lee McCollum age 19, and Leon Brown, who are 15. They also were step brothers. The brothers were soon convicted of the death of Sabrina Buie and sentenced to death row. The case has been echoed for years through North Carolina and more places. Justice Harry Blackmum opposed capital punishment in every circumstance. The Buie case was warranted. One Tuesday afternoon , the state judge freed because some of the evidence that wasn't turned to defense

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