El Paso County, Colorado Fourth Judicial District Judge Deborah Grohs sentenced 23-year-old Derek Lee Hernandez to two mandatory life sentences in prison (without parole) Friday for the January 2009 murder of 22-year-old Jason Holley. The judge issued the sentence -- including 32-years for the robbery -- along with a strong rebuke to the convicted murderer of the mentally disabled man.
A jury (six men, six women) spent nine hours over a two day period to find Hernandez guilty on all counts including first-degree murder, conspiracy, aggravated robbery and robbery from an at-risk adult in the January 5, 2009, slaying of Jason Holley.
Detectives found Holley’s partially nude remains four months after the murder when Kyle Stott led them to a ravine on May 8, 2009. According to prosecutors, Holley was nearly beheaded with a double-edged blade in January 2009, to cover up the theft of his Xbox 360 by the defendants.
During sentencing, Judge Grohs described the murder as a senseless crime and that the victim would have given Hernandez the Xbox 360 if he had asked for it.
"He [Holley] wanted to be your friend Mr. Hernandez. He would have done whatever you asked him and you took advantage of that," Judge Grohs told the defendant during sentencing. "You tricked him into coming up to the mountains and there was no reason other than to take his life."
Stott, the co-defendant in the case, was convicted of first-degree murder earlier this year.
Source: www.gazette.com
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Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
How could they give someone 2 life sentence? Wouldn't just 1 life sentence do the job?
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Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
It's quite obvious, 2x life sentences means tax payers have to pay twice as much to keep him in prison.
Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
In some places where they have parole sentencing someone to an extremely long sentence also makes sure they never get out that way.
For example, in some places you automatically become eligible for a parole after serving a set percentage of your sentence (i.e. 50%) or in the case of life you become eligible after a set number of years (usually 25).
But if you sentence someone to a long enough period you can ensure that they never get out. Like if you sentence someone to 200 years, it seems to make no sense, but if they're automatically parole eligible at the 50% mark that means they HAVE to serve at least 100 years. Which means they never get out.
Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
That wouldn't apply here, since the judge issued each life sentence without the possibility for parole.
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Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
In case of zombification.
Actually, he gets two life sentences without parole because, as jedi stated, there were two seperate charges for two seperate killings. In case he manages to appeal one charge or get it lowered, he still has another one he has to defeat making it extremely, extremely unlikely that he will not have to serve the complete sentence.
Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
And then, on top of THAT, he's got another 32 years for robbery.
Basically, no matter what happens, this guy is getting no more than one hour of sunlight per day for the rest of his life.
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Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
It's for the best. There was never any need to kill the man.
Re: Xbox Murderer Sentenced to Two Life Sentences
What all was he convicted of? If he was convicted of two separate charges, each getting a life sentence, he'd get two life sentences.
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