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Defendant 'Guilty' in SoCal Yacht Killings
Associated Press ^ | October 8, 2008 | AMY TAXIN

Posted on 10/08/2008 9:04:46 AM PDT by george76

Defense Counsel Admits Client's Guilt in Opening Statement in Attempt to 'Save' Defendant, Former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Actor, From Death Penalty.

Pohlson told a jury Tuesday that Skylar Deleon killed Arizona couple Tom and Jackie Hawkins, who were thrown off their yacht and bound to an anchor. He also killed another man he met in a work furlough program, Pohlson admitted. But the lawyer argued his client should not die for his crimes.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Arizona; US: California
KEYWORDS: deleon; hawkins; hawks; jackiehawkins; jackiehawks; skylar; skylardeleon; tomhawkins; tomhawks
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1 posted on 10/08/2008 9:04:47 AM PDT by george76
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Yep, guilty.
2 posted on 10/08/2008 9:07:58 AM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: george76

“But the lawyer argued his client should not die for his crimes.”

Translates as “the SOB still owes me money”.


3 posted on 10/08/2008 9:08:10 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: george76

what a crazy (and awful) story.


4 posted on 10/08/2008 9:12:07 AM PDT by RDTF (BO smells and eventually people do what's necessary to avoid it)
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To: mgstarr

So which one is the perp?


5 posted on 10/08/2008 9:16:00 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (McCAIN/PALIN...THE CHANGE AMERICANS REALLY WANT—OBAMA..THE CHANGE THE WORLD'S TERRORISTS WANT)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Red


6 posted on 10/08/2008 9:16:54 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: george76

If the death penalty was ever appropriate for anyone it’s this turkey and hopefully this sleazy lawyer won’t make a dime from this.


7 posted on 10/08/2008 9:17:12 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: george76

At least he is honest. With CA death penalty cases however he will live to be 100 on the tax payer dime.


8 posted on 10/08/2008 9:17:37 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: edcoil

Guilty!


9 posted on 10/08/2008 9:17:43 AM PDT by null and void (Surely we can print money faster than they can - this is AMERICA!)
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To: george76

This was so horrible. I can’t imagine how it flet to be tied to an anchor and thrown overboard...alive. This case has been going on for years and if this guy isn’t snuffed...along with his buddies, there is no justice.


10 posted on 10/08/2008 9:19:35 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I’d say all of them based on the picture, but I believe it is the guy kneeling down in front. The woman on the left (his wife) is serving life for the murder.


11 posted on 10/08/2008 9:24:04 AM PDT by mgstarr ("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
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To: george76

This double murder was clearly premeditated and the low-life murderer should get the death penalty. California needs to crank up the number of death penalties actually carried out; they are slow to administer justice. It’s not fair to the victims’ families to drag it out so long.


12 posted on 10/08/2008 9:25:58 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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The convicted criminal should be returned to the scene of the crime, bound to an anchor and dropped in the same location. No SCUBA gear. Just what he allowed his victims.
13 posted on 10/08/2008 9:28:53 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: TribalPrincess2U

He had a tiny role in one episode.


14 posted on 10/08/2008 9:29:34 AM PDT by gracesdad
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To: edcoil

Skylar Deleon was NOT a Power Ranger. He was an uncredited extra, at best.


15 posted on 10/08/2008 9:30:46 AM PDT by amf0611
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To: mgstarr

The guy is not one of the power rangers, he was on the show only one time. I think as an extra or something. I looked it up yesterday because I wanted to know which one he was also.


16 posted on 10/08/2008 9:34:42 AM PDT by jerri
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To: george76
Isn't it amazing that in California it takes 25 yeas to execute someone. But the Feds can do it in a matter of weeks. Tim McVeigh
17 posted on 10/08/2008 9:38:19 AM PDT by 70th Division (If we lose the Republic we have lost it all.)
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To: Myrddin

Amen.


18 posted on 10/08/2008 9:42:15 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: jazusamo
If the death penalty was ever appropriate for anyone it’s this turkey and hopefully this sleazy lawyer won’t make a dime from this.

I'm curious why you think the lawyer is sleazy. I'm guessing its that you don't understand the legal system very well.

19 posted on 10/08/2008 9:43:49 AM PDT by jdub
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To: edcoil

I had blue picked. Red second.

What a sicko.

Thanks


20 posted on 10/08/2008 9:58:33 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (McCAIN/PALIN...THE CHANGE AMERICANS REALLY WANT—OBAMA..THE CHANGE THE WORLD'S TERRORISTS WANT)
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