Lee Malvo jury has reached a decision on sentence (Life without parole)

Fox News Channel | December 23, 2003 | self

[snopercod]

To be released soon

[cyncooper]

Fox discussion is reminding there are other charges to be brought eventually against this pair. Death could be the verdict in future trials.

[Howlin]

Will Alabama do?

[Catspaw]

The judge can only make a downward recommendation (life from a death penalty recommendation), not the other way around.

[nina0113]

Is the judge bound by the jury recommendation? Or is the jury verdict the final sentence?The judge can go DOWN, from death penalty to life-in-prison, but not UP, from l-i-p to dp.

[snopercod]

paging Jack Ruby...

[TomGuy]

If other jurisdictions file charges--and time goes on---and Malvo gets more "age" on his face, a later jury might be less likely to view him as a kid and more likely to assess the death sentence.

[Pro-Bush]

They didn't decide to kill the bastard I take it. ....What a shame.

[fourhorsemen]

Federal charges can also be filed since he killed an FBI employee

Killing a federal employee isn't necessarily a federal crime unless the act was committed "because" the person was a federal employee. Franklin's killing was random.

However, there may be other federal charges that can be filed. And, we could always send him to Gitmo given that I don't believe he is an American citizen and he did commit an act of terror against the nation.

[Catspaw]

From what I've read about the Alabama prosecutors, they want both of them BAD.

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

There is no sentence for these crime less than life without parole. So the judge imposes that today. If the jury had come back with death, then the judge could still impose life without parole but a pre-sentence report would have to be prepared. In Virginia the jury recommends a sentence, the judge imposes it. But the judge cannot impose more than the jury recommends. The judge can impose less.

[Frank_Discussion]

No Sh*t. Ya got that right. Whatta circus.

[Wiggins]

Just came down, life without parole. Too bad, I hoped he would burn.

[nina0113]

He'll be out in 7 years or sooner.

Not in Virginia - no parole means NO parole.

[AmericanInTokyo]

C'MON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!

OR ANOTHER VIRGINIA LOCALITY....STEP IN A.S.A.P. AND GET HIM TRIED FOR KILLING SOME OF THE OTHERS! AND SENTENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE FATE FOR A TERRORIST BY SOCIEITY... at least the cat is in jail and is not going anywhere for awhile.....

[cyncooper]

Whenever I see your name I remember you were at that one Michael's checking out right when one of these murders took place in the parking lot.

[TheDon]

I imagine the jury will want to remain private, as they will never live this decision down.

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

No, this is life without parole. Parole was abolished in Virginia in 1994.

[TexKat]

Kill people with a sniper's rifle, get convicted, then get 3 hots a day, cable TV and clean sheets for life. Guaranteed.

At the expense of the taxpayer.

[auboy]

Just damn! Shame on Chesapeake, Virginia.

Give him to an Alabama jury. We won't house him, feed him, entertain him, and let him influence countless others over his lifetime. We'll put his lights out!