Murderer takes deal to avoid risk of execution
Eric Coxry, convicted of executing Coatesville barber, waives appeal rights
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric “Stroda” Coxry agrees to waive his appeal rights in exchange for avoiding the death-penalty phase of his murder conviction.
After ruminating over the weekend about the prosecution’s offer to take the death penalty off the table, a convicted murderer needed...
Murder jury to resume deliberations Friday
Phila. man could receive death penalty for 2006 hit on Coatesville barber
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric Coxry, 35, of Philadelphia, is accused of gunning down a Coatesville barber in 2006 for money.
After the jury in the capital murder case against Eric “Stroda” Coxry had been deliberating for nearly seven hours, Chester County Judge David F. Bortner dismissed it for the...
Coatesville death-penalty murder case opens
Philadelphia man is accused of pumping eight bullets into barber
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Eric Coxry is accused of fatally shooting Jonas L. “Sonny” Suber, 33, of Coatesville, on Oct. 21, 2006. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Another chapter in a long-running – and ultimately deadly – Coatesville feud began Friday with openings in the death-penalty...
