graves was accused of multiple counts of sexual assault and one count of murder in the death of shannon schieber. the prosecutor was district attorney lynn abraham the prosecutor in the city of philadelphia who is known as a pretty deadly d.a. in other words she put more people on death row then any other prosecutor in pennsylvania and probably any large number around the country. graves was found guilty and the district attorney wanted the death penalty but the she bers did not . it meant they would have to fight for the life of their daughter's killer. we had said to each other and consulted with our very large families that what would we do if they ever caught a ball we would stick to our present and off someone was going to want him put to death we were going to argue for a life without the possibility of parole. the district attorney voiced her disagreement and outrage. the district attorney there became very very upset she became very public with her and with her opinion and she said i don't care what the hubris said the death penalty was the appropriate sentence for their daughter's murde

in philadelphia shannon schieber was finishing her first year of graduate school. she had been up studying it was early thursday morning therefore i would say it was friday morning. about two o'clock in the morning she was preparing to take. the assailant who who attacked her. he pried open her sliding door. she screamed for help as she was being attacked. the next door neighbor heard that he called nine one one. he told him that he heard his neighbor say a scream for help and he heard like a choking he said. the police arrived within twenty minutes they knocked on the door but no one answered. the next day when shannon didn't show up for a lunch date with her brother shawn he drove her apartment building. all of its neighbors came down and answered the door and sean said i'm trying to reach my sister i can't reach. the guy i just went pale they say oh my god i called police last night they were running up the steps they broke open her door and she was laying naked on her bed. by the time we got voted off even though the police were swarming around the apartment bu