Alleged serial killer to admit to killing eight Sep 23, 2008
For reasons ranging from opposition to the death penalty to a desire for more immediate closure than a death-penalty case would allow, the victims' family members agreed unanimously to accept a plan that could result in eight back-to-back life sentences. "I am comfortable because of the unanimity of sentiment from the families, a sense that they were satisfied that they took part in the process," said Assistant District Attorney Mark Rhodes. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Man gets six life sentences, then 211 years Jul 19, 2008
A Norcross man was sentenced Friday to six back-to-back life sentences plus 211 years for his role in "one of the most brutal and heinous crime sprees" ever to occur in Gwinnett County, prosecutors said. Gustavo Cisneros, 22, was one of nine men indicted for a series of nine home invasion robberies in Gwinnett in the spring of 2004. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bittersweet liberty Dec 9, 2007
The judge handed down the stiffest punishment the charges allowed: back-to-back life sentences. Plus another 18 years. (News & Observer)
Victims of brutal home invasion Nov 5, 2007
Tavarus Sanders (left) and Darious Emory were sentenced to back-to-back life sentences ... A judge sentenced them to back-to-back life sentences. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Man gets 2 life sentences for raping girls Sep 28, 2007
A 25-year-old man received back-to-back life sentences from a Fulton County judge this week for raping two girls, ages 4 and 3. The girls and their mother lived with Freddie C. Clark in a southwest Atlanta home for two months in 2006. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Killer's penalty phase begins Sep 17, 2007
According to police, Lewis -- currently serving two back-to-back life sentences for another 1999 slaying -- struck a sleeping Kirby several times in the head with a solid metal pipe, fracturing his skull. He then dragged Kirby's lifeless body across the tracks and threw the man's identification in the woods, a police report said. (Florida Today)
Freed man charged again for sex crimes Aug 21, 2006
A few days after erasing Elliott's back-to-back life sentences, Hudson defended his ruling in an interview. "Even guilty people have a right to effective assistance of counsel," he said. (Herald Sun)
Murder by fire yields four life sentences Jul 3, 2006
HOUMA -- In a courtroom where sadness, anger and questions reigned, a mentally retarded man recently convicted of killing four people in a house fire he set was given four back-to-back life sentences followed by another 200 years in prison. Sabree Hill/ The Courier After his sentencing, Terry Malbourgh is escorted from court Friday afternoon by (from left) Terrebonne District Attorney s Office investigators Kimbal Bonner and Bryan Boudreaux and sheriff s Lt. Richard Duplantis. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Man gets life for girlfriend's murder May 13, 2006
FORT PIERCE With the death penalty off the table, a judge Friday imposed the maximum sentence for a Port St. Lucie man who killed his ex-girlfriend and then burned her body: back-to-back life sentences plus 70 years. The same jury that convicted Coleman "Fred" Sule, 53, of first-degree murder, burglary and arson in the August 2003 death of Dorene Domato also recommended that he be spared the death penalty and be given a life sentence without the possibility of parole. (The Palm Beach Post)
