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Judge: Ronell Wilson eligible for death penalty in cop-killings

A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Thursday that convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson is not mentally retarded and is eligible for the death penalty.

Wilson, 30, was convicted in 2006 of the murder of two NYPD officers during an undercover gun buy on Staten Island in 2003, but his death sentence was overturned on appeal. A new penalty trial is planned this year, but his lawyers moved to block...

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