Posted on 01/30/2024 1:37:35 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
A Fairfax County man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing a Target co-worker in a parking lot at the store in the Baileys Crossroads area.
Bazen Berhe, 25, pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder in the April 17, 2021, killing of Hernan Leiva, 58, in what Berhe described to a judge as a fit of rage. Authorities said Berhe, then 22, attacked Leiva with knives and a hammer when the victim arrived at work that morning.
In an unusual statement to Judge Robert J. Smith in Fairfax Circuit Court, Berhe pleaded for a stiff sentence and promised he would behave behind bars while serving a maximum term. “I promise, your honor, I won’t kill someone again,” he said. “I will not stab someone.” Berhe, who is from Ethiopia, said he was in a “state of absolute anger” before the killing because he was having trouble with immigration authorities. When he realized that he would not be able to legally stay in the United States, Berhe said, he became enraged. Three days before the killing, Leiva, a janitor at Target, ate Berhe’s lunch out of the office refrigerator, which made him mad. The next day, Berhe purchased the hammer and two knives and began “training for the murder,” officials said.
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He’ll be the belle of the ball.
Barbara : [whistles] Nice butt. That's what they'll say.
Ken Kessler : I beg your pardon?
Barbara : Nice butt. That's what they'll say on your first day, in the men's club.
Ken Kessler : The men's club?
Barbara : Mmm. The San Quentin Country Club. With a cute little rear end like that, you'll be the belle of the ball. Your dance card'll be filled every day. You'll be so popular, making all kinds of new, close friends. Big, ugly, hairy friends! Not that you'll ever see what they look like, 'cause you'll be facing the other way.
Ken Kessler : You're very good at this. You should write children's books.
-Ruthless People
I was quoting Prison Mike.
we are seeing every day the plan to keep us all occupied while they set up the gallows for us all in the world
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