YTISFEDUP
11-04-2012, 12:23 PM
We really need to change the laws, the death penalty needs to be carried out within 72 hours of sentencing. Now the taxpayers are on the hook for 30 years to feed and house yet another worthless boon. At least he's off the street though.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bay-area-news/ci_21916183/oakland-triple-murderer-sent-death-row
OAKLAND -- David Mills became the 43rd and possibly last person from Alameda County sentenced to death Friday as a judge agreed with a jury's decision to give the 38-year-old, triple murderer the ultimate punishment.
Saying evidence presented during both the guilt phase and penalty phase of Mills' trial proved he killed three people in a calculated fashion, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Joseph Hurley ruled that Mills deserves death.
"He did not just kill three people, he wanted to kill four," Hurley said. "It is the judgment and order of this court that you should suffer the death penalty."
Mills was found guilty of killing James Martin, 28, Dale Griffin, 36, and Rebecca Martinez, 22, in 2005 during what was supposed to be a meeting in which he returned a gun belonging to Martinez's ex-boyfriend. Mills also attempted to kill Elizabeth Martinez, 34, but she survived her wounds and later identified Mills as the shooter.
Mills did not testify during his trial but said in a statement read by his attorney, William DuBois, that he was innocent.
"I wish I could give you the answers us all deserve. You all need more clarity then what this trial has given you," Mills wrote. "I don't mean to sound cold hearted but I cannot ask for forgiveness or show remorse because I am not guilty."
Mills said he did not wish to tell the truth because he did not want to be a snitch.
"I am not a coldblooded killer, what I am is a solid dude who didn't become a rat, a snitch or a turncoat," Mills said in his statement.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site571/2012/1102/20121102__eoak1103mills~4_GALLERY.JPG
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bay-area-news/ci_21916183/oakland-triple-murderer-sent-death-row
OAKLAND -- David Mills became the 43rd and possibly last person from Alameda County sentenced to death Friday as a judge agreed with a jury's decision to give the 38-year-old, triple murderer the ultimate punishment.
Saying evidence presented during both the guilt phase and penalty phase of Mills' trial proved he killed three people in a calculated fashion, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Joseph Hurley ruled that Mills deserves death.
"He did not just kill three people, he wanted to kill four," Hurley said. "It is the judgment and order of this court that you should suffer the death penalty."
Mills was found guilty of killing James Martin, 28, Dale Griffin, 36, and Rebecca Martinez, 22, in 2005 during what was supposed to be a meeting in which he returned a gun belonging to Martinez's ex-boyfriend. Mills also attempted to kill Elizabeth Martinez, 34, but she survived her wounds and later identified Mills as the shooter.
Mills did not testify during his trial but said in a statement read by his attorney, William DuBois, that he was innocent.
"I wish I could give you the answers us all deserve. You all need more clarity then what this trial has given you," Mills wrote. "I don't mean to sound cold hearted but I cannot ask for forgiveness or show remorse because I am not guilty."
Mills said he did not wish to tell the truth because he did not want to be a snitch.
"I am not a coldblooded killer, what I am is a solid dude who didn't become a rat, a snitch or a turncoat," Mills said in his statement.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site571/2012/1102/20121102__eoak1103mills~4_GALLERY.JPG