Posted on 08/18/2005 2:15:48 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
'Bind, Torture and Kill' serial killer Dennis Rader was ordered to serve 10 consecutive life terms Thursday during a tear filled hearing in which his victims called him a monster and said he should be 'thrown into a deep hole and left to rot.'
The sentence of a minimum of 175 years without chance of parole was the longest possible that Judge Gregory Waller could deliver.
The state of Kansas had no death penalty at the time the killings were committed.
Earlier Rader stood in front of a courtroom filled with his victim's family members, tell the court he believes he is a Christian and he knew he would be caught for his crimes.
Instead of asking forgiveness or a lenient sentence, Rader rambled off details about his series of murders. In a bizarre moment of triumph, he ran through a list of people he wanted to think.
He also told the judge he was honest and cooperated with police after his arrest, then said 'he blew so much smoke' in telling his story that 'nobody knows fact from fiction.'
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I can only hope you are right. I am disgusted by this sentence - death should have been an automatic.
We'll just skip all that repentance nonsense, huh?
Nola the DA is still having her news conference here. http://www.kwch.com/
Based on his statements in court, I believe Rader is not in any psychological condition to declare himself 'a Christian.'
Kill him. His victims' families shouldn't have to pay their taxes to support him for the rest of his natural life.
I would be happy to judge for you. Mr. Radar is not a Christian.
"In a bizarre moment of triumph, he ran through a list of people he wanted to think."
Think?
His photo on Drudge looks remarkably like Rep. Henry Waxman, (D) CA.
hmm. is that the abomination that causes desecration?
No worries , btk, will not be breathing air , for much longer. This subhuman piece of filth, will soon, reap what he has sewn. (Until then the taxpayers get too feed this piece of living garbage.)
She asked him:
"What is going to happen to me?"
It said: "Honey, you will be in heaven with the rest of your family."
Then he hung her (he said it was hard because her long hair kept "getting in the way") and then masturbated on her corpse.
The banality of evil.
His whole insane 'closing statement' is here http://www.kshb.com/
No worries , btk, will not be breathing air , for much longer. This subhuman piece of filth, will soon, reap what he has sewn. (Until then the taxpayers get too feed this piece of living garbage.)
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I hope it's sooner, rather than later.
Could have had a first year law student give this trial the proper ending of a Kansas needle.First year law students can't generally invent law during the course of a trial.
What I saw today was a battle of egoes between Foulston and Rader. It was close, but I think Rader came off as slightly less of an @#$hole than the DA. Poor little Nola hasn't yet figured out her entire case came voluntarily and either directly or indirectly from the mouth of the defendant. Nola couldn't even keep her cavernous maw shut for the victims' press conference. God help the poor soul that gets between her and a camera!
As for a life sentence vs. a death sentence, I'm fine with the life sentence when death isn't available. I'd think 23 hours a day in a cage with nothing but his thoughts would make death a blessing. Alternatively, if he's not segregated, I'm thinking the life of a 60-year-old George Costanza look-alike won't be one many people will envy. Either way, Rader won't be getting out alive. Not even the farthest left judge in all of Kansas would turn this guy loose. I believe there's no appeal planned, and the only litigation he has to look forward to is civil suits regarding his property and his condition in prison.
As for him being a Christian, I think it's interesting to see how many experts on another man's soul come out of the woodwork in this situation. Fortunately God chose not to give up on us as quickly as we choose to give up on each other.
Kansas has the death penalty back, and Phil Kline had nothing to do with it. It was adopted in 1994, long after Rader had stopped his killing. As such it couldn't be applied to his crimes.
INDEED!
No, the Constitution forbids ex post facto laws.
1972. The Furman v Georgia decision invalidated every states death penalty legislation.
Some of the old settlers said it was the continious prarie winds that drove the wives crazy.
What repentance? They dispense cheap grace over there at ELCA.
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