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Killer Harlan gets life without parole
Denver Post ^ | December 20, 2005 | Kieran Nicholson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bible; capitalpunishment; colorado; deathsentence; harlan; lifewithoutparole; maloney; religion
A "technicality."
1 posted on 12/22/2005 9:33:16 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; All
Unbelievable!!!!! A true and complete travesty. Read the story behind this and I guarantee you will want to off this monster yourself if given the chance.
2 posted on 12/22/2005 9:39:29 AM PST by TCats
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan


3 posted on 12/22/2005 9:39:45 AM PST by SteveMcKing ("No empire collapses because of technical reasons. They collapse because they are unnatural.")
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To: SteveMcKing

Pure scum on the sparkling waters of life.


4 posted on 12/22/2005 9:46:35 AM PST by zip (Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I'm sure Sean Penn will play him in the movie.


5 posted on 12/22/2005 9:48:09 AM PST by dsc (‚³‚æ‚­‚µ‚ñ‚¶‚Ü‚¦)
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To: dsc

Maybe someone will "pen" a song in tribute.


6 posted on 12/22/2005 9:49:44 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: TCats

"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.


7 posted on 12/22/2005 9:53:03 AM PST by dsc (‚³‚æ‚­‚µ‚ñ‚¶‚Ü‚¦)
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To: dsc

Nope. It'll have to be Jamie Foxx again.


8 posted on 12/22/2005 9:53:51 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Meadows Place, TX-"Tom DeLay Country")
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To: Sans-Culotte

But he looks so much like Sean Penn.


9 posted on 12/22/2005 10:06:12 AM PST by dsc (‚³‚æ‚­‚µ‚ñ‚¶‚Ü‚¦)
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To: TCats

Good GOD!!! I hope he doesn't write any Children's Books.


10 posted on 12/22/2005 10:18:03 AM PST by Dacus943
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