Posted on 06/08/2010 9:13:23 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck will seek the death penalty against two men and one woman accused of torturing and killing a mentally disabled Greensburg woman.
Peck filed notice yesterday that he will ask jurors to sentence Ricky V. Smyrnes, 24; Melvin L. Knight, 20; and Amber C. Meidinger, 20, to death by lethal injection, if convicted, because they tortured the victim.
The three — along with Peggy Darlene Miller, 27; Robert Loren Masters, 36; and Angela Marinucci, 17 — are charged with first- and second-degree homicide in the stabbing death of Jennifer Daugherty, 30, in a Greensburg apartment the defendants shared. Police say the group stuffed her body in a plastic garbage can and dumped it in the parking lot of Greensburg Middle School, where it was found Feb. 11, according to police.
"We totally, 100 percent, agree with the district attorney," said Daugherty's stepfather, Bobby Murphy. He said Daugherty met some of the defendants in a homeless shelter and was staying with them briefly before getting her own apartment in Scottdale.
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It is just that it happens so rarely in the Commonwealth, I can't even remember the last time it was actually carried out.
There was something about this crime that really, really upset me. I think it was because of how trusting the victim looked in photographs.
I’m glad to see the DA is stepping up to the plate.
I'd say the whole lot of 'em wree "mentally disabled." Any clue as to WHY they killed her?
This will be an interesting trial to watch because so much vicious evil was involved, which the libtards will try to excuse not only because the defendants are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but because they were likely also under the influence of drugs.
The fact that it took place over three days and involved such sadistic cruelty isn't going to make it easy for them, though. Our community is outraged!
I’d say all of them were moral idiots.
They should be called that to their faces.
Their victim was mentally disabled.
I remember the threads here on FR when the crime occurred and I have to say I agree with the decision to seek the death penalty. Sub-human trash taking advantage of a trusting innocent person like the victim was.
Drugs?
There are many drug-addicted people who never do this sort of thing.
Poverty?
Many people are poor and don’t commit crimes like this.
There is very little the “libtards” can pull out to defend these people.
And I’m sure their defense attorneys are not the best.
The death penalty is probably a sure bet here. But even that doesn’t fit the crime, because the needle is pretty merciful as a means of death.
To fit the crime, the means of execution would have to hurt a lot more.
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If that logic works for liberals, then they would have to absolve the Manson Family and Jim Jones of any guilt in their own murderous activities.
Lethal injection, pfft. These people are great poster children for bringing back public hanging.
John Peck is a good man. He works hard for your county. My bf is PSP and has worked with him on several homicide cases and it’s not unusual for John to be working late into the night.
Control freak evil...
Obamacare, coming to a city near you.......
Our strength is in diversity.
We shouldn't waste more than twenty dollars on a trial for these filthy vermin.
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