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IntrepidIsMe
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 Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:02 pm Death Penalty for Wesson's Slaying of 9 |
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| Quote: | FRESNO, California (AP) -- A jury decided Wednesday that Marcus Wesson, the domineering patriarch of a large clan he bred through incest, should get the death penalty for the murders of nine of his children.
Wesson, 58, was convicted earlier this month, more than a year after the bodies were found in a bloody pile at his home at the end of a police standoff.
All the victims -- ages 1 to 25 -- had been shot once in the eye. Wesson had fathered some of them with his own daughters and nieces.
Prosecutors said he had the children killed for fear authorities were about to break the clan up and take the youngsters away. The standoff began after two Wesson nieces who had escaped from the home went back to try to get their children.
His lawyer contended Wesson's eldest daughter shot the others, then committed suicide.
In pleading for a life sentence, defense attorney Pete Jones said executing Wesson would not "undo the harm done." He also noted that the jury, in its guilty verdict, found that the prosecution failed to prove Wesson pulled the trigger.
But prosecutor Lisa Gamoian said that does not matter -- Wesson orchestrated the killings. She called Wesson a "master manipulator" whose sexual, financial and emotional exploitation of his children culminated in their slayings. |
Source: CNN.com
I remember when this happend. He made his own clan through incest and breeding? Gross. He's clearly unstable. I don't support the death penalty, but he deserves whatever he gets.
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Jeremy
J's Guy
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Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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| Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:01 pm |
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Ok, that is sooooo sick. He deserves it, just for the incest, let alone the killings. 
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
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| Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:59 pm |
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Just what this man needs to get.
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Jeff Miller
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Joined: 22 Nov 2001
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Location: Mental Ward for the Mentaly Unstable 6th floor, Saint John's 1615 Delaware Longview Washington 98632
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| Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:10 am |
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Hmm, only in california.
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Kyle Reese
Cadet Gunnery Sergeant
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Location: The United States of America
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| Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:12 pm |
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Badass. I love seeing people get what they deserve.
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