5 MEN GET LIFE TERMS IN KIDNAP-MURDER.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Five men were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the kidnap-murder of a 7-month-old girl, who died when her captors' getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite spun out of control and hit a tree in Lancaster. Sonya Spencer, who stood by helpless Feb. 21, 1995, as her daughter Jainah was taken from her Inglewood home, faced each of the defendants during their sentencing hearing in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court. ``You had knowledge of what you were doing when you got in that car,'' the weeping mother told Kenyon Pitts, who drove the getaway car while being chased by police. ``My baby laid on the back seat, crying until she died.'' Convicted last month of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnap for ransom ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was formerly sanctioned by law. and other charges were Pitts, 24, Marcel Marcel the fast ebbing of time impels him to devote his life to recording it. [Fr. Lit.: Proust Remembrance of Things Past] See : Time Cloud, 30, Herman St. Amie, 30, Cephus Sudduth, 25, and Ronald Cains, 24. All five were believed to be gang members, said Deputy District Attorney Eleanor Hunter, although the incident was not gang-related. The kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. started when three of the men found Jainah's father, Robert Davis Robert Davis can refer to:
Unsatisfied with the amount of money they got, they took Davis to the home of Spencer, his ex-girlfriend, in an attempt to get more cash, Hunter contended during the trial. After threatening Spencer at gunpoint, they ordered Davis back into their car with Jainah, and drove to Lancaster, where Davis' mother lives, to get more money, Hunter said. Two of the defendants and Davis went into the woman's home. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the other three noticed a sheriff's patrol car headed their way and took off with the baby still in the car. Pitts reportedly was standing near the getaway car when he saw the patrol car and then got back in the vehicle at the urging of the other men. ``I think everyone in this courtroom wishes he would have just laid down on the ground'' and surrendered to authorities, Hunter told Judge Charles Horan. Sheriff's deputies chased the suspects' car 10 or 11 miles before it hit a dip in the road at 90th Street East and Avenue J, went airborne, then slammed to the ground and spun toward a tree. The baby was killed on impact, but none of the defendants was seriously hurt. |
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