Update: Elderly Women Guilty In Homeless Murders

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2008-04-17 11:44

Story here.

Two elderly women accused of killing two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts were convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder, and one of them was convicted of the murders themselves. Excerpt:

'Prosecutors said the women collected $2.8 million from insurance policies on the lives of two homeless men who were killed in staged hit-and-runs.

Golay's convictions carry potential sentences of life in prison without possibility of parole. The single conspiracy count returned against Rutterschmidt carries a sentence of 25 years to life.
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In his closing argument, Deputy District Attorney Bobby Grace called the women "the worst of the worst."

"They didn't need this money. They weren't poor and destitute. They went out of their way to target men who had nothing," the prosecutor said."'

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"They didn't need this money. They weren't poor and destitute. They went out of their way to target men who had nothing," the prosecutor said."'

So is this judge saying that if these women were poor and destitute that murdering poor and destitute men would somehow be acceptable?

How is this guy a judge when even he can't help but envision a scenario where slaughtering the poor is a good idea?

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Submitted by Paragon on Fri, 2008-04-18 10:39