"Marco Perez Receives Death Sentence for Murdering Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder"
24-year-old Marco Perez has been sentenced to death for the 2019 killing of Mobile police officer Sean Tuder. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of the death penalty, making Perez the youngest person on Alabama’s death row. Despite pleas from his family and evidence of a troubled youth, including incidents in jail, the prosecution emphasized the impact of Tuder’s death on his loved ones and colleagues. Perez's attorneys argued against the death penalty, stating that he would die in prison regardless.