Stephens’ death sentence clears DNA hurdle 

Posted: 5:59 pm Mon, February 13, 2012
By Ben Mook
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

An Anne Arundel jury on Monday moved one step closer to handing down the death penalty against Lee E. Stephens, an inmate convicted of ambushing and murdering a corrections officer at the now-closed Maryland House of Correction in 2006. The case now moves into a second phase of sentencing where aggravating and mitigating factors will be ...