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Prosecutors have rejected a plea deal in the case of Kaushik Patel, the man accused of killing his two young sons be dousing them in flammable liquid and setting them on fire last November. The deal would have sent Patel to prison for life but prosecutors are sticking to their guns and seeking the death penalty for Patel. Patel had originally planned to plead guilty in exchange for the life sentence, but prosecutors are moving forward with the trial, which begins in April 2009. Patel claimed that when he set his sons, 4-year-old Om and 7-year-old Vishv, on fire, he was actually trying to kill himself. Om died two months after the burning, in January of this year, and Vishv died a month after him.
Plea Deal Rejected In Kaushik Patel Case
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Holy shit,
Can you guys somehow warn us in advance about pictures like that. Or just don't put up one at all, maybe just a link "click at your own risk to view the Gollum". Geez
This issues comes up every time we run a story on him.
His eyes! He's boring into my brain with his powers!
I oppose the death penalty, but cases like this strain that resolve.
The trial should be pretty straight-forward on this one I imagine, since he's fucking confessed.
there's also the recent story of the guy who raped a 10-year old and gave her an std. kill em all.
I oppose the death penalty as well, except in heinous cased like this, where the evidence is 100% crystal clear.
I don't like that we have to pay to keep creeps like this alive, in prison, for the rest of their lives either...and on the other hand, the death penalty lets them off too easy.
I guess you can say that in situations such as these, to my way of thinking, there are no good or right answers or solutions. Which is pretty much like most of life in general.
Is he wearing panty hose over his head?
I looked up "crazy" in the dictionary. His picture's already in there...
Is is bad that I've seen this mug shot so much that I've gotten desensitized to it? I mean... that first time I saw it, I had nightmares.
While I've never been a real supporter of the death penalty, this guy makes a good argument for having it.