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"Family Reluctantly Accepts Plea Bargain That Spares A Killer's Life"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting local story that tells the tale of what sometimes happens after a state death sentence is reversed by a federal habeas court.  Here are some of the details: He committed one of Cleveland's most notorious murders, but Monday, a condemned killer escaped the death penalty.  The saga began in March 1985, when 12-year-old Mario Trevino was found beaten to death on Cleveland's near west side. Police arrested 22-year-old Alfred Morales and he confessed to the crime. Morales, who called himself the demon of darkness, told investigators he killed young Mario as revenge against the boy's family because his sister had refused to date Morales, and his brother refused to give Morales an alibi for an unrelated crime he was accused of...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).