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They should have gone for execution of this

bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
useless POS.

Sometimes plea deals are not justice when the crimes are as horrid as this scumbag committed. he should be executed, not fed and cared for on our dime.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-murder-idUSKBN18M2CX
An accused serial killer pleaded guilty to seven murders at a court in South Carolina on Friday and was given seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, avoiding the death penalty, local news reports said.

The defendant, Todd Kohlhepp, 46, admitted to chaining a woman inside a storage shed on his rural property for two months and to a 2003 massacre of four people at a motorbike store, among other crimes, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported.

As a part of the plea deal, Kohlhepp agreed not to contest the validity of the conviction in state or federal court and gave up his right to appeal, the newspaper reported.

Lawyers for Kohlhepp and the Spartanburg County prosecutor were not immediately available for comment.

He pleaded guilty to all charges against him, which included the seven murders, kidnapping and sexual assault, the paper said.

The crimes date back to 2003 and the bodies of several of the people killed by Kohlhepp were found on his property.

Comments

  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No justice, no peace!!
  • mag00mag00 Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    He'll appeal, make no mistake, he is not done wreaking havoc. A signed confession by a crazy man is not valid.

    I find it insane that the courts can declare someone "not guilty" by reason of insanity, when it should be "guilty by reason of insanity".

    And the appeal will be because no sane person could reasonably do such horrendous things. Hope they keep him in general population not any "protected" custody.
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i do not understand the principle of no execution for such a heinous and vicious crime that in itsself proves the perp is and never will be capable of living in a reasonably civilized society and will always be a danger...even with the possibility to kill others while in jail....and penalize the victims family and friends by forcing them to pay taxes to keep this person alive some times much longer than those family and friends
  • kannoneerkannoneer Member Posts: 3,402 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The crime show '48 Hours' covered this sociopath last year. Interesting how the guy built a successful real estate business and had a pilot license. Some people you just don't want to anger because they flip out. Granted, this was an extreme case.
    I don't like the death penalty when there is not a 100% certainty that the accused is guilty. The death penalty would have been warranted here, but some of the deceased's relatives did not want it.
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