Miss. Death row inmate re-sentenced to life

Associated Press - October 7, 2009 8:04 AM ET

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi death row inmate has been re-sentenced to life behind bars for murdering his stepson, the stepson's wife and their 4-year-old daughter in 1993.

Alan Michael Rubenstein was given the new sentence of 3 life terms Monday in Pike County Circuit Court.

Rubenstein, of Marrero, La., was convicted in 2000 of killing Darrell Perry, 24, Perry's 20-year-old wife Annie and their 4-year-old daughter Krystal, all of Marrero.

Prosecutors said he wanted $250,000 in life insurance and killed them at a vacation home in Mississippi, according to the McComb Enterprise-Journal.

The Mississippi Supreme Court tossed the death penalty because a judge failed to tell jurors they could have sentenced Rubenstein to life without parole.

Information from: Enterprise-Journal, http://www.enterprise-journal.com