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Biker’s killer gets 35 years to life

US court dishes out 'proper' sentence to convicted killer

Posted: 26 February 2008
by Visordown News

FINALLY IT seems as though the life of a biker means something – with the news that a 49-year old man from San Jose in the States has been sentenced to 35 years inside for his part in a crash that killed a young motorcyclist.

Mark Henderson was found guilty of carrying out second-degree murder in November after it emerged he crashed his pick-up truck into a motorcycle driven by 19-year-old Rebecca Seibenmorgen in 2005.

Judge Joseph Scott denied defence attorney John Halley's plea to strike a previous conviction Henderson had for a 1983 assault with a deadly weapon. By counting the 2005 crash as Henderson's second strike, the statutory jail term was doubled from 15 to 30 years to life. An additional five-year consecutive sentence was added on for multiple felonies that cause bodily harm to others, according to Deputy District Attorney Sean Gallagher.


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slider girl
That is a good result for a nasty piece of work who obviously totally disregarded the safety of other road users.........for it to be a murder charge he must have known the consequences of his actions and killed a young motorcyclist............................I somehow can't imagine this sort of justice happening in the UK..........
Posted: 27/02/2008 12:30


A-I-S
was a second strike, as per the artical, somthing our own judicial system should "look at", makes people think twice, though not in this case, still, very sad for a 19 year olds life to be taken in such a needless way.
Posted: 27/02/2008 12:38


A-I-S
oh and welcome to vd slider girl
Posted: 27/02/2008 12:38


slider girl
Thank you  as-i-said.........................It's a great site
Posted: 27/02/2008 12:58


zub
slider girl wrote (see)
...It's a great site 

'Orly?
Posted: 27/02/2008 13:35


A-I-S
orly?
Posted: 27/02/2008 14:46


slider girl
'orly is a term internet 'trolls' use in a sarcastic manner to state the obvious..............It means.......Oh really!.............................
Posted: 27/02/2008 15:33


Electric_Dreams
This is why America rules, while we welcome in terrorists and pay them £20,000 a year in benefits to make the bombs they are going to use to blow us up.  We can learn alot from America.
Posted: 27/02/2008 17:50


jamesy
Careful E-D, you'll be accused of the dreaded R word. I agree though.
Posted: 27/02/2008 18:47


Electric_Dreams

What's the R word lol?

Oh i think it's racist, well call me racist (i know your not lol) then if i want this country flooded by things wantin to kill us all because we are non believers.


Posted: 27/02/2008 20:52

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