Sparky-Watts
Banned
Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to all 10 counts of 1st degree murder, waiving his right to a jury trial today. His sentencing is scheduled for August. On the first 9 counts, he can get life with a possibility of parole after 15 years. On the 10th count, he can get life and the "Hard 40", or in other words, serve a minimum of 40 years before being eligible for parole. They are divided that way because the first 9 murders were committed before the "Hard 40" law was added to the books. At the sentencing it will be decided whether the sentences will run concurrently or consecutively. He could be sentenced to as little as 40 years before parole, or as much as 175 years before being eligible for parole. I'm betting they will run consecutively as 10 life sentences with possibility of parole after 175 years. At the hearing today, he gave all the gory details of each of the 10 murders.....he said they were all based on his sexual fantasies. He did not have sex with any of the victims, but masturbated over their bodies after he killed them, providing the DNA that helped to seal his fate. Sick bastard. I don't think he'll last long in prison.....Charlie Otero (the kid that found 4 members of his family dead and later ended up in several prisons because of the trauma he suffered as a young child that day) has many, many friends in many, many prisons. Jeffrey Dahmer was held in solitary confinement for the first 6 months or so of his sentence...he was killed 3 days after being released into the general population. I expect pretty much the same for this sick bastard.
