Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Jurors vote for death sentence for 'Grim Sleeper' serial killer
Los Angeles County jury decided Monday that the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer should be put to death, closing an important legal chapter in the grisly slayings of at least nine women and one teenage girl that terrorized South L.A. for more than two decades.
The verdict against Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a 63-year-old former sanitation worker, drew muted sighs of relief from victims’ relatives, who passed tissues and sobbed as each victim’s name was read aloud. Franklin, wearing a yellow dress shirt and necktie that he put on as he entered the courtroom, appeared stoic as he has throughout the entire trial.
He was convicted last month of 10 murders between 1985 and 2007, but authorities believe he is responsible for more. Jurors rejected defense arguments that he should spend the rest of his life in prison rather than face execution.
Los Angeles County jury decided Monday that the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer should be put to death, closing an important legal chapter in the grisly slayings of at least nine women and one teenage girl that terrorized South L.A. for more than two decades.
The verdict against Lonnie David Franklin Jr., a 63-year-old former sanitation worker, drew muted sighs of relief from victims’ relatives, who passed tissues and sobbed as each victim’s name was read aloud. Franklin, wearing a yellow dress shirt and necktie that he put on as he entered the courtroom, appeared stoic as he has throughout the entire trial.
He was convicted last month of 10 murders between 1985 and 2007, but authorities believe he is responsible for more. Jurors rejected defense arguments that he should spend the rest of his life in prison rather than face execution.
