Subj : Re: Binion Murder Trial
To   : Bruce Wilson
From : George Batalias
Date : Sun May 30 2010 05:01 am

-> On 28 May @ 12:49pm, George Batalias wrote to Bruce Wilson:
->
-> GB> Yup. Guilty. I guess the jury thought they were guilty beyond a
-> GB> reasonable doubt. I think otherwise though. There was alot of
-> GB> doubt. But, I'm not part of the jury fortunately.
->
-> The jury sentenced them to life in prison, but it did allow for the
-> possibility of parole after 20 years; and the guilty verdicts will
-> be appealed, so it's far from being over.

Thats so they'll be good in jail.

->
-> (Iowa, where I am, is a state in which there's only one possible
-> penalty for first degree murder -- life in prison without there
-> being any possibility of parole unless the sentence is communted
-> to a term of years by the governor; and that rarely happens.)

It'l all be appealed 10 times over. In fact they're filing motions to
appeal right now.

->
-> GB> Wait till they come before the judge for the rest of the charges.
-> GB> Ouch!
->
-> One thing I wondered is: can he order the sentences be served
-> consecutively, or must they be served concurrently?

Either or... The judge can order anything!
Here come da judge!

GB

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