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Ex-Marines Sentenced to Death

Mike

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345721/Two-ex-Marines-sentenced-death-raped-Iraq-vets-wife-shot-couple-head.html

The headline says ex-Marines. Ex now, but they were in the Marines then, and two of them in Sergeant Pietrzak's command.
 

iwannabeacowboy

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I have three questions: 1.Why it is not said that two of the Marines were in the same unit with the slain Veteran? 2.What was written on the poor girl's body? 3. Why was this not covered by the mass media widely (just like "poor"Trayvon's case) at the time it happened (Reminder: Obama's first election time - 2008 october)?

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Interesting questions...
 

Faster horses

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I did read an article that mentioned two of the ex-marines were in the same unit as the slain veteran, though it wasn't mentioned in this article.
 

Steve

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On October 15, 2008, four African-American Marines entered the Pietrzak home, raped Jenkins-Pietrzak and tortured the couple for several hours before killing them. Two of the four accused Marines worked under Pietrzak's command. Despite efforts to convey the event as being racially motivated, Riverside County authorities maintain the motivation was robbery, and the pending murder with special circumstances and rape charges do not include an assertion that the crime was racially motivated

On October 15, 2008, a group of four Marines entered the Pietrzak home. It was not initially known how they managed to get in as Jenkins-Pietrzak was very careful about security and had equipped the house with an alarm.[4] Later, it was alleged that Tyrone Miller forced entry into the residence by pointing a shotgun at Pietrzak

After a short skirmish, the couple were tied and gagged. Jenkins-Pietrzak was then raped as her husband was forced to watch. The couple were then tortured for several hours. Finally, both were shot in the head, execution-style. A fire was set in the home

Lance Cpl. Emrys John, age 18, of Maryland, Lance Cpl. Kesuan Sykes, age 21, of California, Pvt. Kevin Darnell Cox, 20, of Tennessee, and Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, age 20, of North Carolina were charged with the murders. Two of the four Marines charged in the execution-style murders worked for Pietrzak.[9][10][11] Three of the suspects claim that the shooter was 18-year-old John.[8] Miller and Cox have reportedly confessed to the murders, although all four suspects have accused the others of raping Jenkins-Pietrzak. Shortly before the murder, John posted "Chillin waitin 4 da killin" on his MySpace page.

On May 8, 2009, a recording was played in court of Cox's girlfriend, Melissa Buck, stating that after Cox and the other three accused returned home after the alleged murder, they drank beer and that one of them said, "Good job, E. You earned your stripes tonight." Buck stated that the four had carried out other burglaries prior to the killings and that she had gone with them on one occasion.

In June, Miller acquaintance Justin P. Weissinger testified that several days after the crime Miller had confided in him details of the assault and killing of the Pietrzaks. Weissinger had accompanied Miller and the other suspects on previous burglaries and home invasions.

On November 6, CNN television news journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell reported that the four Marines under arrest were African American and raised the possibility of race as a motivation, stating,

The four suspects are African-American. The woman who was murdered is African-American. Her husband is white. Is there a racial motive here that authorities are looking into? Because you can't just say it's about money when there's sexual assault.

In early November, the four Marines were charged with two counts of murder with special circumstances — murder during commission of a felony, murder during commission of a robbery and committing more than one offense. They additionally face one charge each of rape and the District Attorney's office will decide if to pursue death sentences.[7] Just after the release of the charges, the New York Post ran a story entitled "A Few 'Bad' Men - Race Eyed in Marine Dual Slay" which noted that the four accused Marines "could face the death penalty amid speculation the mixed-race couple was targeted in a bias attack."[16] At about the same time, District Attorney Rod Pacheco emphasized the robbery motive, commenting, "To burglarize their home and then to treat them in the way they did before they died and to murder them — it's hard for our minds to comprehend this kind of savagery."

Anti-miscegenation racial epithets in the form of "Nigger Lover" were found on the wall near the master bedroom and on a bathroom mirror.

By mid-November, the Riverside County Sheriff's Central Homicide unit responded to the race motivation issue, stating "There's nothing to suggest what happened was a racial crime."

On November 11, 2008 (Veteran's Day), Pietrzak's mother, Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, wrote a letter to president-elect Barack Obama about what happened to her son and daughter-in-law, wondering, "If it was a robbery, why didn't they come when nobody was home instead of in the dead of night, armed to the teeth? ... What was it about my son and daughter-in-law that inspired such hatred and loathing?"

on July 27, 2009, the Obama administration responded with generic form letter made for all soldiers killed in combat.[25] Once it made it to the news, the Obama administration issued an apology.

On April 3, at a preliminary hearing for the four defendants, prosecutors alleged that the motivation for the crime was financial, not racial. Evidence, however, presented at the hearing detailed that two racist remarks were spray painted in the couple's home. Evidence was also presented showing that Jenkins-Pietrzak was sexually assaulted and that Jan was severely beaten

The trial of the four was suspended on February 1, 2011 after Kesaun Sykes urinated during a court hearing.

I am sure the jury felt it was racially biased..
 

Steve

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In June, Miller acquaintance Justin P. Weissinger testified that several days after the crime Miller had confided in him details of the assault and killing of the Pietrzaks. Weissinger had accompanied Miller and the other suspects on previous burglaries and home invasions.

On May 8, 2009, a recording was played in court of Cox's girlfriend, Melissa Buck, stating that after Cox and the other three accused returned home after the alleged murder, they drank beer and that one of them said, "Good job, E. You earned your stripes tonight." Buck stated that the four had carried out other burglaries prior to the killings and that she had gone with them on one occasion.

those two sound like snitches.. well we know how some feel about snitches.. :?
 
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