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Criminal

May 24, 2007

Jury Gives Co-Conspirator Life in Prison

LOS ANGELES - A man avoided the fate of two of his co-conspirators in a murder-and-kidnapping plot targeting Russian immigrants when a federal jury sentenced him Tuesday to life in prison rather than death.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A man avoided the fate of two of his co-conspirators in a murder-and-kidnapping plot targeting Russian immigrants when a federal jury sentenced him Tuesday to life in prison rather than death.
      The first time the jury attempted to deliver the verdict, after two hours of deliberation, the jury the jury indicated that Petro "Peter" ...

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