
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 21, 1991                   TAG: 9102210358
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: MANASSAS                                LENGTH: Short

DEATH SENTENCE GIVEN FOR TORTURE, MURDER

A Stafford man faces the electric chair after a judge on Wednesday sentenced him to die for the torture and murder of a 15-year-old Potomac High School student.

Prince William Circuit Judge Herman Whisenant Jr. set anAug. 1 execution date for Michael Carl George, 33. All death penalty cases in Virginia get an automatic appeal to the state Supreme Court.

George said nothing in court before he was sentenced.

A seven-man, five-woman jury convicted George on Dec. 10 of killing Alexander Sztanko while stealing the youth's wallet, motorcycle and tennis shoes. The jury also recommended the death penalty.

- Associated Press

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