News: Update – Pharmacy Shooter Gets No Leniency
(Long Island, N.Y.) After months of waiting the families of the Medford pharmacy massacre finally have justice served. The killer’s attorney stated that there should be some closure for the families as the killer will not be appearing in the appellate courts. The Suffolk County District Attorney stated that the killer will never again see the light of day.
Reports stated that the District Attorney also promised the families in a private meeting that he would do everything possible to ensure the thirty-three-year-old shooter spends the rest of his life in prison. Some family members and friends of the victims have claimed that closure will be harder to find. They said that the killer had shown no remorse about the murders, and that no amount of justice will bring back their loved ones.
Sources claimed that the judge told the killer at the court proceeding that he will receive no leniency in his sentencing after admitting to the slayings. The shooter’s wife pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and will likely be sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. She had admitted to planning the robbery with her husband.
According to reports, some stated that even the killer’s attorney would not minimize the gravity of the slayings. Sources stated that the killer will be sentenced to four consecutive sentences of life without parole. It was previously thought he may receive two life sentences, but the ruling is set to be issued on October 17th.
Nearly three dozen family members of the victims were present at the court proceeding, each hearing the events of the killings told in the courtroom. Reports stated that one family member wept throughout the entire hearing. Sources claimed that one grieving attendee shouted to the killer “you’re a coward for what you did to those families.”
Reports stated that the killer’s wife claimed that her husband did it because he lost his job and she was sick. The wife is charged with robbery and aided detectives during most of the investigation. She stated early in the case that there had been pressure to identify her husband as the man responsible for committing the crime.
Sources stated that the killer stole the pills to fuel his wife’s addiction. The prosecution’s evidence included fingerprints found at the scene, a weapon registered in his name, and an estimated two-thousand of the ten-thousand pills found inside the home. In a final statement, the shooter’s attorney stated that the killer is one of the worst offenders to be represented throughout a forty year career in law.
