Dale Hausner

A man convicted of killing six people and attacking 19 others was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus nearly 365 years on Monday, just days after being condemned for the dozens of random, nighttime shootings that terrorized the city in 2005 and 2006.A jury on Friday gave Dale Hausner, 36, six death sentences for six murder convictions in the so-called Serial Shooter attacks.Judge Roland Steinle sentenced Hausner on Monday for the other attacks, including the life terms for two counts...Read Full Story

Jurors who convicted a former janitor of murdering six people and attacking 19 others will begin work Monday to decide whether he should be put to death for the dozens of random, nighttime shootings that terrorized the city in 2005 and 2006.Jurors in the murder trial of Dale Shawn Hausner, who was found guilty in 80 of 86 charges relating to the city's Serial Shooter attacks, are expected over the coming weeks to consider evidence, witness testimony and victim impact statements in the case's...Read Full Story

The penalty phase begins Wednesday in the Samuel Dieteman murder case in Phoenix.Dieteman faces a possible death penalty after pleading guilty to two murders in metro Phoenix's Serial Shooter attacks in 2005 and 2006.Dieteman was the key witness against co-defendant Dale Hausner, who was sentenced earlier this year to death for the random 14-month shooting spree that left six people dead and 19 others injured.Dieteman is hoping jurors will spare his life for his cooperation with investigators...Read Full Story

The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the appeal of convicted "Serial Shooter" Dale Hausner, who was sentenced to death six times in March 2009.Read Full Story

Jurors have returned to a Phoenix courtroom to begin deciding on life or death for the man convicted in a series of random nighttime shootings that terrorized the city.Dale Shawn Hausner was found guilty March 13 of murdering six people and attacking 19 others during the Serial Shooter attacks in the Phoenix area in 2005 and 2006.On Monday, the same jurors who convicted Hausner listened to testimony from the medical examiner who performed the autopsies on two of the victims.Dr. Philip Keen...Read Full Story

Dale Hausner, known as one of the "Serial Shooters" was found guilty of six out of eight murder charges filed against him today. Hausner was charged with killing eight people in total, but the jury ultimately declared him guilty in only six.From the Arizona Republic, which has covered the trial extensively: Hausner, 36, was charged with 87 crimes attributed to the “Serial Shooter” over the course of several indictments, including eight murders and multiple counts of attempted first-degree...Read Full Story

The brother of a man convicted in the Phoenix metropolitan area's Serial Shooter case was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison in the 2006 stabbing of a man in a church parking lot.Jeff Hausner, 42, was convicted in March of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the stabbing of Timothy Davenport. Authorities say the assault was linked to the Serial Shooter attacks.In court Monday, Hausner told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Roland Steinle that he was innocent. "I do...Read Full Story

By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 10:59 AM on 30th July 2009 Add to My Stories A jury spared a man convicted in a series of random nighttime shootings from the death penalty and sentenced him to life in prison yesterday.Samuel Dieteman, who pleaded guilty to two of six murders in the metropolitan Phoenix Serial Shooter case of 2005 and 2006, appeared stoic as the jury's decision was announced.Authorities say Dieteman and his former roommate, 36-year-old Samuel Hausner...Read Full Story