Court upholds death sentence in killing of baby, grandmother

Pennsylvania's high court has affirmed the death sentence for an Indian man convicted in the 2012 murders of a baby and her grandmother in what prosecutors called a botched kidnapping plot.
Raghunandan Yandamuri was convicted and sentenced to death in 2015 for the killings of 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and 61-year-old Satayrathi Venna.
Prosecutors argued he hatched the kidnapping plot to pay for a gambling habit. He was a technology professional from India and knew the baby's parents.
He told investigators he panicked and the deaths were accidental. He served as his own lawyer and at trial said he was pressured into confessing.

The court said in a ruling yesterday it found the sentence was based on the evidence presented at trial. Democratic Governor Tom Wolf has imposed a statewide moratorium on executions.