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   Instead of killing this piece of shit and saving money, they   
   place the burden on taxpayers to maintain this useless fuck for   
   the rest of his life. The black bastard was rewarded with free   
   room and board plus medical care for the rest of his life.   
      
   DENVER (CBS4) – Convicted murderer Dexter Lewis was sentenced to   
   five life sentences to be served consecutively on Wednesday with   
   no chance of parole.   
      
   Last month, jurors decided that he should spend the rest of his   
   life behind bars rather than face the death penalty for his role   
   in a gruesome robbery turned murder. Now victims are sharing   
   their stories with the court.   
      
   Lewis, 25, remained without expression while families of the   
   victims talked about how the murders impacted their lives.   
      
   Dozens attended the sentencing on Wednesday, eight spoke to the   
   judge and two letters were read aloud in court. They recounted   
   memories if their loved ones and the horror of the last three   
   years after the horrific crime.   
      
   “Dealing with my own grief has been difficult, watching my sons   
   has been gut wrenching, they’ve been angry, frustrated and it’s   
   been awful to watch what they’ve been going through,” said   
   victim Ross Richters’ mother Kay Richter.   
      
   “Everything she did she did with such enthusiasm and passion and   
   she would get frustrated with us because she wanted to learn   
   everything about the Bible and be as close to God because she   
   relished that love and acceptance no matter what she had done,”   
   said Karis Holman, a friend of a victim.   
      
   Lewis was convicted Aug. 10 of five counts of murder for   
   stabbing five people to death in a bar robbery in 2012 that   
   netted $170.   
      
   Lewis was found guilty of killing five people inside Fero’s Bar   
   & Grill on South Colorado Boulevard and then setting the   
   building on fire in October 2012. Prosecutors say Lewis and the   
   other co-defendants went to the bar to rob it but it turned into   
   a brutal murder scene.   
      
   The Denver DA had sought the death penalty for Lewis but jurors   
   decided to spare his life.   
      
   Lewis was found guilty on five counts of first-degree murder   
   after deliberation, five counts of first-degree murder-felony   
   murder, five counts of criminal attempt to commit robbery and   
   one count of arson.   
      
   The two other co-defendants, brothers Lynell and Joseph Hill,   
   pleaded guilty to the killings two years ago after agreeing to   
   testify against Lewis.   
      
   The victims include 53-year-old Young Suk Fero, an Aurora woman   
   who owned the bar; Daria M. Pohl, 21, of Denver; Kellene Fallon,   
   44, of Denver; Ross Richter, 29, of Overland Park, Kansas; and   
   Tereasa Beesley, 45, of Denver. Fero’s daughter cried in court   
   as the verdict was read.   
      
   The defense says Denver police initially had no witnesses and   
   suspects in the murders. Then walked in a confidential informant   
   from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,   
   Demarea Harris, who was at the crime scene with the three   
   defendants.   
      
   During the trial, defense attorneys urged the jury to consider   
   Lewis’ traumatic childhood that included a history of physical   
   and sexual abuse, drug and alcohol use, and frequent violence   
   within the family but also as part of gang activity. The defense   
   said it all happened while the defendant was a baby and toddler.   
      
   Lewis’ lawyers stated nothing excuses the murders of five   
   people, but Lewis did not choose to be born into a life of   
   lawlessness and chaos.   
      
   Under Colorado law, juries must unanimously agree to impose   
   death sentences. In this case, at least one juror sided with   
   Lewis’ defense team that his abusive childhood was a mitigating   
   factor in the case.   
      
   No Denver jury has sentenced someone to death since 1986.   
   Colorado has not executed anyone since 1997.   
      
   http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/09/30/sentencing-underway-for-   
   convicted-killer-dexter-lewis/   
      
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