Posted on 05/05/2016 9:54:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Lonnie David Franklin, Jr., a one-time garbage truck driver and LAPD garage attendant, was found guilty Thursday of murdering nine women and one girl over a span of three decades, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in California history.
Jurors took less than two days to convict Franklin of all charges against him, including the attempted murder of a woman who survived a 1988 attack. He was dubbed "The Grim Sleeper" because of a 13-year gap between slayings attributed to him.
Franklin, who has close-cropped hair and wears glasses, stared straight ahead and remained silent during the several minutes it took the court clerk to read the verdicts.
Family members of the victims, who had been cautioned by the judge to refrain from displays of emotion, quietly comforted and congratulated one another with each passing "guilty." Some nodded their heads in approval.
The trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court will now go to the penalty phase, beginning May 11, in which jurors will be asked to decide whether Franklin, 63, should be put to death for his crimes
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You live in CA, dont you?
Not in San Quentin.
lol
...one of the most prolific serial killers....
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Odd use of the word “prolific”.
I didn't live at San Quentin either, but I spent so much time there, it seemed like I did. 😀
Now this might be a good decision
Now this might be a good decision
The judge warned the victims’ families about expressing emotion? I’d have told that judge to go to hell and cheered like the Vikings actually won a game!
>>Franklin, who has close-cropped hair and wears glasses
but no mention of skin color.
... or political affiliation.
Spent some weeks at Rikers as a lad.
Survivable only because it’s not prison and there were a bunch of other Italians guys i knew in there at the time.
i wouldn’t recommend it!
I think there is a better than even chance this grim sleeper dude will end up in San Quentin, which is California’s death row. I spent a lot of time on San Quentin’s death row. It was the safest place in the state, to work.
oh. I thought you meant time on the other side.
Wouldn’t want to go to Rikers now. It was mostly minority 25 years ago but it seems even worse now.
Some Latin Kings took a liking to me so I did ok :)
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