Friday, December 10, 2010
"Multiple murder suspect in custody benefited from three-strikes leniency"
The paragraphs below are the easy part.
The WHOLE story is almost unbelievable...
The WHOLE story is almost unbelievable...
Richard Winton and Jack Leonard of the Los Angeles Times write this and much more:
"Ewell has a lengthy criminal history that includes two robbery convictions from the 1980s.
Nevertheless, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office decided on four occasions against seeking to use the full weight of the three-strikes law when he was charged with new crimes.
And this year, after Ewell was arrested three times for allegedly stealing from Home Depot stores, a judge agreed to delay sending Ewell to prison so he could take care of some medical problems.
It was during that delay, authorities say, that Ewell robbed three homes and killed the victims."
