that resulted in a 60-year sentence for accessory and conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated robbery. the crimes occurred over a four-month period and were committed by bastion, who was home on leave, and a discharged army buddy. their two murder victims were fellow soldiers, one of whom served in their unit. it just kind of came out of nowhere one night really. i mean, we were sitting there, we were drinking at my house. so we decided to go out and leave the house and the next thing you know, there s a dead guy lying in the parking lot and we re driving away. and after that it kind of just escalated after that, you know. why do it again? why commit another crime? it happens. i don t know how to explain it. i mean how many? how many victims are we talking about? a handful. not too many. how many? ten at the most maybe. ten victims? at the most. it sounds like a lot, yeah.
that resulted in a 60-year sentence for accessory and conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated robbery. the crimes occurred over a four-month period and were committed by bastion, who was home on leave, and a discharged army buddy. their two murder victims were fellow soldiers, one of whom served in their unit. it just kind of came out of nowhere one night really. i mean, we were sitting there, we were drinking at my house. so we decided to go out and leave the house and the next thing you know, there s a dead guy lying in the parking lot and we re driving away. and after that it kind of just escalated after that, you know. why do it again? why commit another crime? it happens. i don t know how to explain it. i mean how many? how many victims are we talking about? a handful. not too many. how many? ten at the most maybe. ten victims? at the most. it sounds like a lot, yeah. though only two of the eight
home on leave, and a discharged army buddy. their two murder victims were fellow soldiers, one of whom served in their unit. it just kind of came out of nowhere one night really. i mean, we were sitting there, we were drinking at my house. so we decided to go out and leave the house and the next thing you know, there s a dead guy lying in the parking lot and we re driving away. and after that it kind of just escalated after that, you know. why do it again? why commit another crime? it happens. i don t know how to explain it. i mean how many? how many victims are we talking about? a handful. not too many. how many? ten at the most maybe. ten victims? at the most. it sounds like a lot, yeah. though only two of the eight victims were homicides, the others were robbed and in some cases badly beaten. when he was telling us the story of his crimes, it was almost like listening to
said something so interesting when you walked out. you said two witnesses for the defense in a row. tell me about the first one. well, first one i think the most gripping thing is he is a stranger. the guy who is testifying now, they know each. others so when you re evaluating someone s credibility you want to see if they have a personal connection. the first guy who just testified before this gentleman, didn t, and i thought he was spectacular for the defense, saying how genuine the father was that he brought him to tears. he said, he made me cry. these people don t know each. others the guy on the stand right now is nervous, clearly, in a very awkward position. he is testifying got his friend. he knows his testimony affects his friend s freedom or whether his friend is going to stay incarcerated. so, the judge knows, okay, these guys are buddies. so the likelihood of this guy lying is higher than the guy who just testified who they re total
sentence for accessory and conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated robbery. the crimes occurred over a four-month period and were committed by bastion, who was home on leave, and a discharged army buddy. their two murder victims were fellow soldiers, one of whom served in their unit. it just kind of came out of nowhere one night really. i mean, we were sitting there, we were drinking at my house. so we decided to go out and leave the house and the next thing you know, there s a dead guy lying in the parking lot and we re driving away. and after that it kind of just escalated after that, you know. why do it again? why commit another crime? it happens. i don t know how to explain it. i mean how many? how many victims are we talking about? a handful. not too many. how many? ten at the most maybe. ten victims? at the most. it sounds like a lot, yeah. though only two of the eight victims were homicides, the