Faulkner County Man Accused Of Murdering Daughter Pleads No Contest
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A man who Faulkner County prosecutors say beat his six-week-old daughter to death has drawn a 40-year prison
sentence.
Jason Pelham entered a no-contest plea to a first-degree murder charge. The 25-year-old Pelham was sentenced yesterday, a day after he entered his plea. He was to have gone to trial yesterday.
Police say that the baby`s mother found infant Juliet bruised
and not breathing on November 15th, 2001.
Pelham`s attorney, Frank Shaw, has said his client suffers from impulse control disorder.
The judge accepted the no-contest plea and found Pelham guilty of first-degree murder.
