Maybe I will get a XBOX...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) -- Two of the three men convicted of killing six young people with baseball bats in a dispute over an Xbox video game system should be executed, a jury said.
Death was recommended for ringleader Troy Victorino, 29, and Jerone Hunter, 20, and life in prison for Michael Salas, 20. All three were convicted last week of six counts of first-degree murder.
The jury deliberated almost three hours Tuesday before making its recommendation to Chief Circuit Judge Bill Parsons.
Early on August 6, 2004, four men broke into a house in Deltona, Florida, slaying the six victims.
Prosecutors said Victorino was angry with victim Erin Belanger, 22, who had him evicted when she found him living in her grandmother's home in Deltona. She kept some of his belongings, including some clothing and the video game system.
The jury recommended death on four of the six murder counts for both Victorino and Hunter. Life in prison was recommended for the others.
As the recommendations were read, Victorino did not look at the jury. Hunter flinched when the first recommendation for death was read but kept his composure, looking forward. Salas leaned back in his chair and sighed with relief after it was clear the jury had not recommended death for him.
Attorneys for Hunter and Salas had argued that their clients were intimidated by the 6-foot-7-inch, (2-meter) 270-pound (122-kilogram) Victorino and would not have entered the house if they had not been threatened and coerced.
Besides Belanger, the victims were Francisco Ayo-Roman, 30; Michelle Nathan, 19; Anthony Vega, 34; Roberto Gonzalez, 28; and Jonathan Gleason, 17.
Nathan's mother, Kay Shukwith, said that she was satisfied with the recommendation of life in prison for Salas and that he was not as "evil and vicious" as the other two men. Still, Shukwith said the recommendations did not bring any closure.
"Closure would be for someone to walk up to my front door with Michelle and say, 'Here's your daughter back,' " she said.
In closing arguments, State Attorney John Tanner had urged jurors to recommend the death penalty for all three men, saying the bloody frenzy turned into "a thrill killing."
But defense attorneys argued that their clients should be sentenced to life in prison because of their mental illnesses. Attorney Michael Nielsen said Victorino has bipolar disorder, and attorney Ed Mills said Hunter has schizophrenia.
Defense attorney Jeff Dees said Salas -- who admitted swinging a baseball bat in the attacks -- was a minor participant in the crime and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A fourth defendant, Robert Cannon, pleaded guilty in October to all the charges. But he later refused to testify and said he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea because he was innocent. The judge hasn't decided whether he will allow the change.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) -- Two of the three men convicted of killing six young people with baseball bats in a dispute over an Xbox video game system should be executed, a jury said.
Death was recommended for ringleader Troy Victorino, 29, and Jerone Hunter, 20, and life in prison for Michael Salas, 20. All three were convicted last week of six counts of first-degree murder.
The jury deliberated almost three hours Tuesday before making its recommendation to Chief Circuit Judge Bill Parsons.
Early on August 6, 2004, four men broke into a house in Deltona, Florida, slaying the six victims.
Prosecutors said Victorino was angry with victim Erin Belanger, 22, who had him evicted when she found him living in her grandmother's home in Deltona. She kept some of his belongings, including some clothing and the video game system.
The jury recommended death on four of the six murder counts for both Victorino and Hunter. Life in prison was recommended for the others.
As the recommendations were read, Victorino did not look at the jury. Hunter flinched when the first recommendation for death was read but kept his composure, looking forward. Salas leaned back in his chair and sighed with relief after it was clear the jury had not recommended death for him.
Attorneys for Hunter and Salas had argued that their clients were intimidated by the 6-foot-7-inch, (2-meter) 270-pound (122-kilogram) Victorino and would not have entered the house if they had not been threatened and coerced.
Besides Belanger, the victims were Francisco Ayo-Roman, 30; Michelle Nathan, 19; Anthony Vega, 34; Roberto Gonzalez, 28; and Jonathan Gleason, 17.
Nathan's mother, Kay Shukwith, said that she was satisfied with the recommendation of life in prison for Salas and that he was not as "evil and vicious" as the other two men. Still, Shukwith said the recommendations did not bring any closure.
"Closure would be for someone to walk up to my front door with Michelle and say, 'Here's your daughter back,' " she said.
In closing arguments, State Attorney John Tanner had urged jurors to recommend the death penalty for all three men, saying the bloody frenzy turned into "a thrill killing."
But defense attorneys argued that their clients should be sentenced to life in prison because of their mental illnesses. Attorney Michael Nielsen said Victorino has bipolar disorder, and attorney Ed Mills said Hunter has schizophrenia.
Defense attorney Jeff Dees said Salas -- who admitted swinging a baseball bat in the attacks -- was a minor participant in the crime and has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A fourth defendant, Robert Cannon, pleaded guilty in October to all the charges. But he later refused to testify and said he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea because he was innocent. The judge hasn't decided whether he will allow the change.
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or psxsports.com
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WC Bias said:
as smart as ...
you must be a lawyer. i mean only a prosecutor as stupid as you could have these type of comebacks. what a waste of an education. maybe you could join nancy grace for late night.
please tell me your done crying to the mods already. you act like a little fucking bitch. grow some fucking nuts. Par for the course though, goes with that slit between your legs.
:nopityA: :nopityA: :nopityA: :nopityA:
looking forward to your sorry ass plays...i just realized something today. you folloow 95% of conans plays, you have no orignal thoughts, just dick in your mouth.
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