Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 26, 2006 15:16:53 GMT -5
FLORIDA----new death sentences
2 get death penalty for Fla. video game killings
A Florida judge handed down death sentences on Thursday to 2 men convicted
of the brutal slayings of 6 people in a dispute triggered by missing
property, including a video game system.
The victims were stabbed and beaten to death with aluminum baseball bats
in 2004 at a home in Deltona, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Orlando.
Troy Victorino, 29, the convicted ringleader, was sentenced to death along
with Jerome Hunter, 20, by Circuit Court Judge William Parsons of Daytona
Beach, Florida.
2 other men convicted in connection with the murders had already been
sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
During their July 5-25 trial, authorities said Victorino had squabbled
with one of the murder victims because he blamed her for the theft of his
property, including an Xbox video game.
(source: Reuters)
2 get death penalty for Fla. video game killings
A Florida judge handed down death sentences on Thursday to 2 men convicted
of the brutal slayings of 6 people in a dispute triggered by missing
property, including a video game system.
The victims were stabbed and beaten to death with aluminum baseball bats
in 2004 at a home in Deltona, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Orlando.
Troy Victorino, 29, the convicted ringleader, was sentenced to death along
with Jerome Hunter, 20, by Circuit Court Judge William Parsons of Daytona
Beach, Florida.
2 other men convicted in connection with the murders had already been
sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
During their July 5-25 trial, authorities said Victorino had squabbled
with one of the murder victims because he blamed her for the theft of his
property, including an Xbox video game.
(source: Reuters)