Subj : Re: Binion Murder Trial
To   : GEORGE BATALIAS
From : BRUCE WILSON
Date : Mon May 29 2000 12:55 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.

(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.)

 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?

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