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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: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 01:34:30 -0000 (UTC)
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Rhino  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>On 2025-04-24 6:48 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> 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 remember asking the question before but wasn't sure if it was the same 
>crime. My apologies for not circling back to see your answer at the time.

I wasn't criticizing. I'm sorry.

>> 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.

>How does a shitty upbringing justify charging him three times for each 
>murder?

I don't understand how he was charged either.

>> 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.

>Is that your neighbourhood?

It's where I grew up through high school.

>If so, that must be especially frightening.  I'm used to serious gun
>crime in Toronto now but it tends to freak me out somewhat when it
>happens closer to home.

It's more infuriating than anything else.