Gary Lee Sampson’s death penalty sentencing retrial date has been set. 

The retrial will take place on Sept. 14 in federal court in Boston, the U.S Attorney for Massachusetts announced on Thursday. 

Earlier this month, the federal judge presiding over the death penalty trial of a Massachusetts man announced he is stepping down from the case.

Sampson was condemned by a jury to die after pleading guilty to carjacking and killing two Massachusetts men in 2001. In 2011, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Wolf ordered a new sentencing trial after finding that a juror had lied about her background.

The decision by Wolf to step down comes after he refused a request from prosecutors to recuse himself over his past association with an inmates’ rights advocate who may testify for the defense in Sampson’s retrial.

In a memorandum, Wolf noted that his status as a senior judge entitles him to reduce his caseload, and the Sampson case could require him to devote several years.

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