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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 29-year-old Las Vegas man has been sentenced to death in the killings of two men after an apparent drug deal and robbery five years ago.
A jury decided Monday that Ralph "Macky" Jeremias should get the death penalty after he was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and burglary.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1zhiwUQ) Jeremias told his mother he loved her after the sentence was read.
Paul Stephens and Brian Hudson were found dead in June 2009 inside their apartment on Decatur Boulevard near Flamingo Road.
Prosecutors say Jeremias had purchased marijuana from Stephens and killed the men so there wouldn't be witnesses when he robbed them of money and laptops.
Jeremias told jurors he walked into the apartment and found the victims already shot dead.
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