Posted on 08/13/2016 11:40:41 AM PDT by Sheapdog
The serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that went unsolved for years as the body count grew in a poor section of Los Angeles haunted by the scourge of crack cocaine.
The moment of reckoning for Lonnie Franklin Jr. came after those whose lives were altered by his violence questioned how he could have been so cruel and shown so little remorse.
"You are truly a piece of evil," said Enietra Washington, who managed to survive after being shot and testified against him at trial. "You're right up there with Manson."
'Grim Sleeper' to be put to death for brutally murdering 10 women
The killings occurred over more than two decades and community members complained that police didn't seriously investigate them because the victims were black and poor and many were drug users and prostitutes.
Franklin was linked at trial to 14 slayings, including four women he wasn't charged with killing. Police have said he may have had as many as 25 victims.
Franklin, 63, avoided suspicion for decades, working as a city trash collector and onetime garage attendant for Los Angeles police. He denied any role in the killings to investigators but didn't utter a word in his defense during his lengthy trial or address the judge at sentencing. His attorneys had suggested a mystery man was the real killer.
Judge Kathleen Kennedy, a 28-year veteran of the court, said she concluded Franklin preyed on defenseless women because of deep-seated hatred toward them.
(Excerpt) Read more at au.news.yahoo.com ...
Curious, this is Aussie yahoo, is the US media covering the story of this POS?
If only some inmate would administer prison justice. That’s the only way this evil psycho is going to expire of other than natural causes courtesy of California taxpayers.
And the world eagerly awaits comment from the BLM movement...
Still waiting...
Still..
...????
If the victims had been old white ladies in decent neighborhoods the LAPD would notice a pattern right away, because they're racist. Still took them more than thirty years to figure out who did it.
If anyone deserved the “pair of pliers and a blowtorch” treatment, it’s this guy.
“A lot of serial killers start with animals, because it’s mostly about the killing.”
Not arguing, just thinking out loud. . .
why don’t they stay with animals then?
Also it seems to me male victims can be roophied, or lured with a Craigslist ad, or just shot as this guy was doing. Most men are wandering about unarmed.
I do think there is something more than just “I like to kill.” There is a particularity in what, or who, he likes to kill.
Leni
He didn’t speak in court because he did’n do nuffin.
The story states near the end that there are 750 people currently on Death Row in California.
The story states near the end that there are 750 people currently on Death Row in California.
They ought to call it "Bed and Breakfast Row" (With Lunch and Dinner Included)"
Leni
There is no doubt that he deserves death, I hope that they actually see that he is truly evil and the death penalty is perfectly acceptable for him. I watched a show on him, his murders are more gruesome than they can descibe in that article.
serial killers like this do it for many reasons but the most important reason is that women are easy targets...weaker, less suspicious...
California waits until he dies of natural causes so they dont have to put anyone to death, yet they have no problem killing and selling baby parts
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