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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2016, file photo, a photograph showing Sisters Margaret Held, left, of the School Sisters of St. Francis, and Paula Merrill, of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, sits at the entrance to the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Jackson, Miss., where a memorial Mass was held fo ther two 68-year-old nuns, who were killed in their Durant home. District Attorney Akillie Malone-Oliver told The Associated Press Tuesday, June 12, 2018, that Robert Earl Sanders of Kosciusko, charged with killing the two nuns will plead guilty, Thursday, June 21, 2018, as part of an agreement that removes the possibility of the death penalty. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi man pleads guilty in killing of Catholic nuns

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - In a Sept. 16, 2016 file photo, Rodney Earl Sanders, of Kosciusko, Miss., says nothing as he leaves the Durant Municipal Building after a probable cause hearing in municipal court, in Durant, Miss. District Attorney Akillie Malone-Oliver tells The Associated Press on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 that Sanders, charged with killing two nuns in 2016, will plead guilty as part of an agreement that removes the possibility of the death penalty. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Prosecutor: Mississippi man to plead guilty in nuns’ deaths

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press