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Life: what a beautiful choice

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

A federal judge Tuesday  sentenced two Kansas City men to life in prison for the racially motivated murder of a pedestrian in March 2005. A jury convicted Gary Eye and Steven Sandstrom in May of killing William McCay as he walked in the Northeast area on his way to work. Jurors rejected a prosecution appeal for the death penalty for both men. Jurors concluded that Eye and Sandstrom, who are white, killed McCay because he was black. Under civil rights laws under which the men were convicted, the murder violated McCay?s right to walk along a city street unmolested because of his race. Eye chose not to speak at his sentencing hearing, but Sandstrom said he was not guilty. ?I?m innocent of all these charges,? Sandstrom said. ?This was not a hate crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).