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Florida (USA) sentences Highway Killer to death......

Just a quick note on this...i believe there was an earlier thread repoting the murders. At that time it was revealed that the victims were Colombian, hence the original post. This is the update to that thread. (Too lazy to look it up.....i am a costeño, what do you expect!.jajajaj)

FRY BABY FRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30723603/

Florida sentences highway killer to death
Convicted of shooting husband, wife and two children over drug debt

Palm Beach County Sheriff via AP Daniel Troya was convicted in the October 2006 killings of a husband and wife and their two young sons.

updated 10:24 a.m. ET, Wed., May 13, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to death for the drug-debt slaying of a family of four on the side of a Florida highway, including two young boys who died in their mother's arms.

Daniel Troya's case marks the first imposition of a federal death penalty in Florida since the federal government reinstated capital punishment in 1988. He received two death sentences for the two child victims, and five life terms.

District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley called Troya an "enormously dangerous man."

"I must confess, I have no confidence that Mr. Troya would not do this again if the opportunity presented itself," Hurley said.

Troya was shackled and surrounded by bailiffs while the sentence was read. He nodded to his family afterward. At a hearing in March, he threw a half-empty plastic water bottle at prosecutors after the jury recommended the death penalty for him and co-defendant Ricardo Sanchez Jr.

Sanchez, 25, was scheduled to be sentenced later Wednesday.

Troya and Sanchez were convicted March 5 of killing Jose Luis Escobedo, 28; his wife and their two sons, age 4 and 3.

Prosecutors say Jose Escobedo was involved in a drug ring with the defendants, and that Troya and Sanchez killed him and his family to settle a debt, then made off with 15 kilograms of cocaine.

The wife, Yessica Escobedo, was shot 11 times while cradling her two young sons in her arms in an apparent attempt to shield them. The boys were shot a total of 10 times. Jose Escobedo was shot five times.

Defense attorneys had claimed the case was flimsy, questioned the reliability of government witnesses who stood to gain favor in their own criminal proceedings, and pointed to the lack of witnesses to the actual crime. They claimed the killings were the work of a Mexican drug gang.

By Miguel_Clavo on May 13, 2009, 13:09 in Friendly Talkzone.

Miguel_Clavo says on May 13, 2009, 13:09:

FRY BABY FRY!!!!!!!!!!!

RVW orderded me to remove my tagline congratulating the PBH Mods New Golden Boys. Lame.

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miami55 says on May 13, 2009, 14:52:

pathetic on both sides

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whitewidow says on May 13, 2009, 20:18:

you mean f-bombs???

I'm no doper! I just play one on TV.

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RAAAY says on May 13, 2009, 20:28:

tone Loc, genius that he is, seems to want to enlighten us about bombs in Bolivia.......

Sap.......what name did he go under.....or are you kiddin...?

.

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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RAAAY says on May 13, 2009, 20:34:

no............ Different story........... Different guy.........

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on May 13, 2009, 21:10:

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/former-pbh-member-dies-in-bolivi...

I wanted access to health care, housing and education, but, no, I get potholes, trash and silicone tits instead. -Desi.

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sloopskipper says on May 14, 2009, 06:22:

Tone Loc says on May 13, 2009, 19:38: flag

"What a stupid country. Fuck The Usa. I never will travel to a country which still has the death penalty..."

Promise?

If you renounced citizenship the choice is not yours.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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Miguel_Clavo says on May 14, 2009, 07:01:

i think TL just never picked up his passport....more of a political statement of convenience by him.....some states dont have the death penalty..he could live them, not that we would want him of course..he never renounced his citizenship..but thats the great thing about the US....he will return.........

RVW orderded me to remove my tagline congratulating the PBH Mods New Golden Boys. Lame.

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sloopskipper says on May 14, 2009, 07:27:

If someone has any assets in the U.S. (which he probably has none, anywhere) there are severe consequences for renunciation, in addition to being to permanently being barred from reentry.

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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sloopskipper says on May 14, 2009, 07:57:

jaja

Seems that some people think "everybody's outa step but me".

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