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Cause do upon our oaths having heretofore found the defendant glen burton ake guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of richard barry douglass, to affix punishment at life in the state penitentiary. no death penalty. this time the jury spared his life. he would come off death row. the jury came back and sentenced ake to life for each of the murders and to 200 years each for the shootings of the children. but wait a minute. stephen hatch who did not fire a weapon faced execution, but ake, the triggerman, got life. brooks was floored. as i heard the decision read, what was going through my mind was that i can just see my parents dying and knowing that they would never be fully ....
Sentenced ake to life for each of the murders and to 200 years each for the shootings of the children. but wait a minute. stephen hatch who did not fire a weapon faced execution, but ake, the triggerman, got life. brooks was floored. as i heard the decision read, what was going through my mind was that i can just see my parents dying and knowing that they would never they would never be fully avenged. that they died, that this person took their life and yet he s going to be allowed to continue living at our expense. as brooks saw it, after all this time, all the suffering, his parent, his, his sister s, glen ake had plain cheated the excuser. that day after sentencing, the shellshocked brooks escaped into a hallway followed by sheriff s deputies escorting glen ake back to a prison cell. ....
i remember when the verdicts were read in the courtroom, this was an audible gasp. we the jury empaneled and sworn in the above entitled cause do upon our oaths having heretofore found the defendant glen burton ake guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of richard barry douglass, to afix punishment at life in the state penitentiary. no death penalty. this time the jury spared his life. he would come off death row. the jury came back and sentenced ake to life for each of the murders and to 200 years each for the shootings of the children. but wait a minute. stephen hatch who did not fire a weapon faced execution, but ake, the triggerman, got life. brooks was floored. as i heard the decision read, what was going through my mind ....