Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:45 a.m.
Read more: State, Crime, Stephen Stanko, Second Death Penalty, Henry Lee Turner, Ridgeville
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A man on South Carolina's death row for killing his girlfriend faces a second death penalty if he's convicted of killing a Conway man.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Tuesday that Stephen Stanko will face trial starting Nov. 9 in the death of 74-year-old Henry Lee Turner.
Turner was found shot to death at his home on April 8, 2005.
Stanko has been sentenced to die for killing his live-in girlfriend, Laura Ling, and assaulting a teen on the same day.
Prosecutor Greg Hembree says he will seek a second death sentence for Stanko if he is convicted.
Stanko is being held on death row in Ridgeville, with no date set for his execution.
Defense attorney Bill Diggs says many of the same issues raised in Ling's death will be important in the new case.
Information from: The Sun News, http://www.thesunnews.com/
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