48 years not enough for Lawrence Trujillo
I am sickened and outraged over the sentencing returned by Judge Morris Ben Hoffman in the Lawrence Trujillo case. Denver DA Mitch Morrissey rightfully asked for the maximum possible sentence of ninety years, but Hoffman gave Trujillo just over half that, meaning that he may be eligible for parole in as little as 33 years. How in the world did this judge calculate a worth of 16 years for each of the lives lost?
Frank Bingham suffered the most unimaginable tragedy that November evening, a tragedy compounded by the fact that not only did Trujillo and Snell leave the scene of a fatal accident, but actually continued drinking while they conspired to conceal their crimes. Perhaps if Trujillo and Snell had stopped, offered assistance, and subsequently surrendered to police they might deserve some leniency, but they did nothing of the kind, instead hoping to get away with what they had done. This case could not possibly be more heinous and I am certain that any sane person would agree that Trujillo and Snell deserved much more severe punishments than they received.
I wish to know how Judge Hoffman can face himself in the mirror knowing that Lawrence Trujillo could be out of prison in 33 years, while Frank Bingham is left with absolutely nothing. If Judge Hoffman’s entire family vanished in a second, would he think this punishment appropriate?
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Well,it does make you wonder.If drunk driving is such an antisocial act that one risks jail time over a random stop where no damage is done,why is what Trujillo and Snell did considered to be less than capital murder? I'd like an answer to that sometime.
I do think,as I said elsewhere,that there will be family members at the parole hearings who will remind the board that Trujillo killed children and should only be freed when there's not enough left of his life to matter.I bet he does pretty close to the whole 48 years.
You really would'nt wanrt to upset the Mexican government or community by giving a real sentance to one of them for committing a crime on US soil would you.? Why your a racist, and an imperialist.
Posted by on October 21, 2007 12:03 AMwell we can also thank the Denver courts for their wise and humanitarian decision for letting a known sexual predator and suspected child killer free. Amazing that a person who never registered as a sex offender and also quite possibly ("innocent" until proven guilty) a child killer has disappeared. I can imagine no one saw that coming. I bet Ken Salazar is quite proud of one of his favored constituents as well as La Raza praising the swift disappearance of Mr Montoya after the death of 3 yr old Nevaeh Gallegos.
Posted by Nick on October 21, 2007 12:42 AMYou ignorant fool.....What does the mexican goverment have to do with Larry Trujillo ??? Mr. Trujillo is not from mexico,and he is not mexican, he is american as I presume you are...Anyone with half a brain can see where you are comming from on this issue. Trujillo is a total criminal,not a mexican criminal you racist bigot !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by here first on October 21, 2007 04:11 AMHmmmmmmmm.........."The System" worked fairly efficiently at meting out justice for a drunk driver,but seemed to stumble just a bit relative to the two prime suspects in the(presumably) sober-as-a-judge premeditated rape-torture-murder of Niveah Gallegos.
Posted by Jimminy on October 21, 2007 11:26 AMPersonally I'd prefer Niveah's killer executed; however, he would just be sentenced to an overcrowded system with tax payers footing the bill. With him on the lam, he will always be looking over his shoulder, a sort of imprisonment, sadly, in which he could create more victims. It is a dilemma. It is these mf (wretches: despicable, evil Christians) prolifers who militate against execution of pond scum.
Posted by RG r22037@yahoo on October 22, 2007 09:32 AM