Posted on 08/19/2006 5:47:41 AM PDT by philetus
Prisoner Gets 2nd Life Sentence For More Murders
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who was already serving a life term in prison for murder received another life sentence Thursday for two more killings.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs2.com ...
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
"Jurors convicted Marquez of committing multiple murders, murdering a witness and having murdered previously, which qualified him for the death penalty. But they opted to spare his life, even though he had previously been convicted of murder in 1998."
We're all being held hostage by juries that don't do their job.
He's still alive...why?
Another nail in the coffin of the arguments of those who support "life in prison" over the death penalty. There is only one way to prevent a murderer from murdering again, and that is to execute them. And to execute them shortly after the sentence is handed down.
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