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Updated: 9:19 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 | Posted: 9:08 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

Man Convicted Of Killing Sophia Martinez Gets Execution Date

EL PASO, Texas —

A man convicted of killing an El Paso teen gets his execution date.

William Josef Berkley is scheduled to be executed on April 22.

Berkley, 30, was found guilty of killing Sophia Martinez, 18, in March of 2000.

Martinez was a senior at Burges high school when she was robbed at an ATM machine in East El Paso.

Police arrested Berkley seven months after Martinez's murder.

A jury convicted Berkley in 2002.

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