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crime5 months ago

Bryan Kohberger Sentenced for Idaho Student Murders Amid Emotional Victim Statements

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, with victims' families expressing grief, anger, and forgiveness during the court proceedings. The sentencing followed nearly three years after the murders, and Kohberger declined to make a statement. The case has garnered significant media attention, with public and family members seeking closure.

via USA Today|
#bryan-kohberger#court-proceedings#crime
crime2 years ago

"Ex-Maryland Police Chief David Crawford Receives Multiple Life Sentences for Revenge Arson"

Former Laurel police chief, David Crawford, has been sentenced to eight life sentences plus 75 years for setting a series of "revenge fires" in Maryland over a decade. Crawford, who maintains his innocence, plans to appeal the court's ruling. He was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder, arson, and malicious burning. The fires targeted individuals whom Crawford felt had wronged him, and he used gasoline to burn their cars, garages, and homes. Detectives used cellphone data, relationships, and computer searches to identify Crawford as the suspect. The victims included former city officials, law enforcement officials, relatives, physicians, and a resident in his neighborhood.

via CBS News|
#arson#crime#david-crawford
crime2 years ago

"Former Maryland Police Chief Receives Multiple Life Sentences for Arson Spree"

Former police chief David M. Crawford in Maryland has been sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for setting fires to the properties of individuals he believed had slighted him. Crawford, who resigned as police chief of Laurel in 2010, was convicted on eight counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree arson, and one count of malicious burning. The fires occurred between 2011 and 2020 across six counties. Crawford's sentencing includes eight life sentences plus 75 years, effectively keeping him behind bars for the rest of his life.

via The New York Times|
#arson#crime#former-police-chief
crime2 years ago

"Former Laurel Police Chief Sentenced to Life for Arson Crimes"

Former Laurel police chief David Crawford has been sentenced to two life sentences and an additional 75 years in prison for multiple arsons. Crawford, who was found guilty on all 12 felony charges, including attempted first-degree murder and arson, had been held without bail since his arrest in March 2021. The sentencing came after a months-long trial, during which victims addressed Crawford in court. Crawford's defense attorney plans to file an appeal.

via WBAL TV Baltimore|
#arson#crime#life-sentences
crime2 years ago

Club Q shooting suspect pleads guilty to 5 counts of murder in Colorado Springs.

Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the mass shooting at LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree and 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. They will receive five consecutive life sentences without the possibility for parole on the murder charges and 46 consecutive 48-year sentences for the attempted murder counts followed by mandatory periods of parole. Aldrich will also plead no contest to two bias-motivated crimes. The shooting left five people dead and at least 19 injured.

via ABC News|
#colorado#crime#lgbtq
crime2 years ago

NYC terrorist sentenced to life in prison after emotional victim testimonies.

Sayfullo Saipov, the ISIS-inspired attacker who killed eight people in a truck attack in Manhattan in 2017, has been sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences. The Uzbekistan native was spared the death penalty after jurors deadlocked on sentencing for the nine charges he faced that were eligible for capital punishment. Survivors of the attack and families of those killed delivered heart-wrenching statements to the court before the sentencing. Saipov will spend at least 22 hours a day alone in his cell at ADX in Florence, Colorado, following his sentencing.

via ABC News|
#crime#isis#life-sentences
crime2 years ago

Seminole Heights serial killer pleads guilty to murders.

Howell Donaldson III, the Seminole Heights serial killer, has pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder to avoid the death penalty. The murders of Benjamin Edward Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa, and Ronald Felton between Oct. 9, 2017, and Nov. 14, 2017, appeared to be random. Donaldson was identified as the killer after he gave a gun to his manager at McDonald’s in Ybor City, who then turned it in to Tampa police. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences.

via WFLA|
#crime#first-degree-murder#guilty-plea
crime2 years ago

Alex Murdaugh transferred to protective custody at SC maximum security prison after conviction.

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved to the statewide protective custody unit of a South Carolina maximum security prison after being sentenced to two life sentences for the killings of his wife and son. The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Protective Custody Review Board recommended a statewide protective custody classification for Murdaugh, and he is now housed in a specialized unit with 28 other inmates for safety and security reasons.

via Live 5 News WCSC|
#alex-murdaugh#crime#life-sentences