Chicagoist: Eric Hanson Sentenced to Death for Killing his Family

aznav

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:13:58 -0600

I think they got this backwards. He murdered his family and was sentenced to a Neil Diamond concert.

joseph_dunphy_in_chicago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:45:57 -0600

So, I have to know - is the cliche true? Did he appeal for mercy on the basis that he was an orphan?

Spav1

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:46:05 -0600

Magilla: That is probably why the jury deliberated for only 90 minutes before deciding to sentence him to death.

magilla gorilla

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:27:41 -0600

this dumbfuck killed his family so he could move to a lame city like LA and blow his money on things like a Neil Diamond concert? his behavior afterwards somehow makes the crime even worse in my opinion

Spook

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:45:58 -0600

p.s Pinko, yea I'm trying to wrap my head around that too "Then he got on a plane and flew to LA, where he went to a Neil Diamond concert."

Spook

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:44:29 -0600

reminds me that Richard Pryor skit about him going to prison where they put him in a cell with a man who killed his entire family! Pryor says, "so why did you kill your whole family?" The dude says "they were home"

Pinko

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:31:53 -0600

Then he got on a plane and flew to LA, where he went to a Neil Diamond concert. There's a good joke in there somewhere. I'm just not sure where...