Posted on 12/22/2005 9:33:14 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
Brighton - A man who kidnapped, raped and murdered a woman in 1994 was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole.
Robert Harlan was originally sentenced to death by an Adams County jury in 1995 for the murder of Rhonda Maloney, 25. But Harlan escaped execution after the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a ruling that jurors in the case improperly consulted the Bible during deliberation.
"It could be said you may have avoided the death penalty by a technicality," Adams County District Judge Scott Crabtree told Harlan.
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Pure scum on the sparkling waters of life.
I'm sure Sean Penn will play him in the movie.
Maybe someone will "pen" a song in tribute.
"Unbelievable!!!!! A true and complete travesty."
Worse than that. It's a two-fer. A vicious murderer escapes the gallows, and freedom of religion takes another hit.
Nope. It'll have to be Jamie Foxx again.
But he looks so much like Sean Penn.
Good GOD!!! I hope he doesn't write any Children's Books.
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