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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Crimo gets 7 consecutive life sentences
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:48:15 -0000 (UTC)
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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>Robert Crimo Jr.,

They are behaving like royalty, never moving the generational titles up
as the ancestors die. He's III.

>who murdered 7 people and injured several more in a 
>mass shooting north of Chicago in 2022, has been sentenced to seven 
>consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

>https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/us/robert-crimo-iii-july-fourth-parade-shooter-to-be-sentenced/index.html

>I'm confused. The article simultaneously claimed that he was charged 
>with THREE first degree murder charges for each person who died AND that 
>EACH first degree murder charge is eligible for a life sentence. How can 
>he possible be charged with THREE first degree murders on each victim? 
>And even if that makes sense in some way that escapes me, how does he 
>manage to get only 7 consecutive life sentences instead of 21?

>Also, has anything come out about WHY he did what he did? That's often 
>the most intriguing part of a crime in that it offers insight into the 
>thinking of the criminal. Sometimes, the criminal's thought process is 
>so bizarre that you wonder why they hadn't been in a psychiatric 
>institution (if any still exist). Other times, the criminal doesn't seem 
>to have thought at all or had no apparent moral code to restrain him. 
>And sometimes, their thought process reveals a horrific evil.

As I pointed out at the time, it had to do with his despicable parents.
I truly have sympathy for him for the way he was raised, but there's no
way to argue that he wasn't an adult responsible for the horrific crime
he committed.

I can still find the shell casings in the sidewalk pavers at the
entrance to the restaurant across the street from where he shot from.