Reuters: U.S.: Alabama professor gets life in prison for killing co-workers

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Alabama professor gets life in prison for killing co-workers Sep 24th 2012, 22:56 By Verna Gates HUNTSVILLE, Alabama | Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:58pm EDT HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - A former Alabama biology professor who pleaded guilty to killing three colleagues and wounding three others in a 2010 shooting rampage was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday after a jury convicted her of the crimes in a shortened trial. Amy Bishop, 47, avoided a death sentence by admitting earlier this month to gunning down her colleagues during a biology department staff meeting at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Alabama law requires a jury to decide the punishment and confirm a guilty plea for a capital murder charge. Bishop's defense did not contest the facts of the case during the abbreviated proceedings on Monday. Colleagues believed Bishop, who allegedly pulled the gun from her purse to start shooting, was angry that the school had denied her tenure. After her arrest in Alabama, authorities in Braintree, Massachusetts, charged Bishop with the 1986 shooting death of her teenage brother. Authorities in Massachusetts were awaiting the outcome of the Alabama trial before deciding how to proceed in their case against Bishop. (Reporting by Verna Gates; Writing by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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