Man accused in gas station slaying claims pressure from victim's wife - baltimoresun.com

Man accused in gas station slaying claims pressure from victim's wife - baltimoresun.com: "A man accused of shooting a Towson gas station owner last year was pressured by "a woman who would go to the ends of the earth to have her husband killed," his attorney told jurors in opening statements Friday. The murder-for-hire trial could be the first test of Maryland's new death penalty law.

Walter Bishop Jr., 29, is accused of fatally shooting William R. Porter in the face and head at a Hess gas station on Joppa Road in March 2010 at the behest of the victim's wife. Prosecutors say that Karla Porter paid Bishop between $300 and $400 and promised him $9,000 more."

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