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MINNEAPOLIS - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a convicted rapist for the 2003 kidnapping and killing of a University of North Dakota student in a case that led Minnesota and North Dakota to toughen their sex-offender laws.

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the death sentence of a convicted rapist for the 2003 kidnapping and killing of a University of North Dakota student in a case that led both Minnesota and North Dakota to toughen their sex-offender laws.