WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The mother of two brothers convicted of killing five persons pleaded with jurors yesterday to spare the men's lives, saying her children are "good" and that what they did two years ago was a horrible mistake.

Defense attorneys for Reginald and Jonathan Carr asked jurors yesterday to show their clients mercy in sentencing them, blaming the brothers' troubled childhood and dysfunctional family for their problems. Washington Times, 2002

Yep, the classic "he wuz a goot boy" argument.