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District attorney weighs death penalty in Aaliyah Fortner case
Gaston County prosecutors are considering the death penalty for the first time in 15 years in the case of Aaliyah Fortner, a 23-year-old woman with autism who died of malnutrition at a group home. Marlo Wallace, the group home operator charged in her death, may face capital punishment as the district attorney seeks six months to decide.
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