Mercy plea in priest's murder case comes from unlikely source: the victim

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A Catholic priest found fatally shot in the Georgia woods asked prosecutors in a letter before his death not to seek capital punishment should his killer be convicted.Church officials are citing a legal “Declaration of Life” document that the Rev. Rene Robert signed before his slaying as they lobby against capital punishment for Steven Murray, a repeat offender the priest had befriended.According to the Florida Times-Union, Robert signed a document in 1995 that