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Jury: Life in Prison for 'Alpha Dog' Killer Hollywood

Jurors recommended a life sentence Wednesday for Jesse James Hollywood for orchestrating the kidnap-murder of a 15-year-old boy that inspired the movie "Alpha Dog."Jurors deliberated about two days before recommending life without the possibility of parole instead of a death sentence.Hollywood was convicted last week of the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz in August 2000 over what prosecutors say was a drug debt owed by his half-brother.Hollywood also was found guilty of the special circumstance allegations of being a principal in a murder committed in the course of a kidnapping and being involved in a crime in which an assault weapon or machine gun was used, which made him eligible for the death penalty.Messages left for defense attorney James Blatt and Deputy District Attorney Joshua Lynn were not immediately returned.The case drew national interest because of the brazen daylight kidnapping of Nicholas, his murder and Hollywood's notorious name.It captured the...

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