Man Gets Jail Time After Body Found In Dumpster
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A man pleads and is sentenced Wednesday after a woman’s body was found in an East Side dumpster in April 2008.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A man pleads and is sentenced Wednesday after a woman’s body was found in an East Side dumpster in April 2008.
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Leon Turner, 59, pleaded guilty to a murder charge and was sentenced to 18 years to life in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.
The body of 33-year-old Heather Staunton was found wrapped in plastic bags in a dumpster in an alley near Livingston Avenue and James Road Thursday, April 3, 2008.
Staunton was fatally shot inside an apartment on South James Road. Police said her body later was transported to the dumpster.
A woman, who was going through the dumpster, discovered the body and went to a nearby McDonald’s to call police, Newsome reported.
Columbus police arrested Turner and charged him with Staunton’s murder the same day the body was found. Police said he made incriminating statements after his arrest.
Turner was given a 15-years-to-life sentence for the murder with a 3-year gun specification.
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Why the difference in sentence? The guy in Alabama who beat his uncle with a frying pan had three prior felony convictions. I don’t know a whole lot about criminal law, but a lot of states have 3 strikes laws which can yield a minimum life sentence if you are convicted of a third felony charge. I would assume that the prior convictions are the main reason for his sentence.
It does seem weird. Who does this guy know or what does he know to get such a slack sentence??? Justice must be peeking.
How is it that this guy kills someone and gets 15 to life, with a 3 year gun specification, but the guy who hit his uncle with a frying pan gets 20 years?
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