{"id":81431,"date":"2026-03-16T07:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81431"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:52:43","slug":"arizona-man-who-admitted-to-crucifying-pastor-asks-for-death-penalty-so-we-can-move-on-with-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/arizona-man-who-admitted-to-crucifying-pastor-asks-for-death-penalty-so-we-can-move-on-with-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Man Who Admitted To Crucifying Pastor Asks For Death Penalty So &#8216;We Can Move On With Our Lives&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona man<\/a>\u00a0accused of crucifying a pastor and placing a crown of thorns on the victim&#8217;s head has requested the death penalty so everyone &#8220;can move on with our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Adam Sheafe, who is representing himself, asked the judge last week to allow him to enter a guilty plea, so the case can wrap up quickly, saying the legal system was &#8220;dragging this out,&#8221; according to Fox 10.\u00a0Sheafe, 51, is accused of murdering William Schonemann, the pastor of New River Bible Chapel, in April 2025 before mutilating the man&#8217;s body. Schonemann was found dead with his arms spread out in his bed and his hands pinned to a wall, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773647563\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Arizona Man Who Admitted To Crucifying Pastor Asks For Death Penalty So &#8216;We Can Move On With Our Lives&#8217;\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: An\u00a0Arizona man\u00a0accused of crucifying a pastor and placing a crown of thorns on the victim&#8217;s head has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}