Mississippi Man Gets Death Sentence for Multiple Killings

Defendant Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, addresses the jury during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial, at the Pike County Courthouse in Magnolia, Miss., on Feb. 27, 2020. Donna Campbell/The Daily Leader via AP, Pool

A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Friday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death.

Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of the convictions were for murder, which carry a sentence of life in prison. Four other convictions were for capital murder—a killing committed along with another felony.