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Lois Riess pleads guilty to First-Degree murder, sentenced to life in prison
Updated December 17, 2019 4:42 PM EST
A grandmother accused of killing a woman on Fort Myers Beach was in court Tuesday. Lois Riess withdrew her previous plea of not guilty to enter a guilty plea, receiving a sentence of life in prison.
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The State withdrew the possibility of the death penalty in exchange for the guilty plea. Hutchinson’s family was supportive of the decision as they sought for her to be incarcerated for life.
Chief Assistant State Attorney Richard Montcalvo said, “We feel this is an appropriate resolution to an awful case, just a case but we believe that justice has been done here for the family and for the citizens of Southwest Florida.”
Lois Riess pleads guilty to 2018 homicide of Pamela Hutchinson, gets life sentence
Updated 3:44 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2019
The family of Pamela Hutchinson had one wish, that the person responsible for her death would never be released from prison.
They got that wish Tuesday when Lois Riess, charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting death of the Bradenton woman on Fort Myers Beach, entered a guilty plea and accepted a life sentence.
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Riess’ withdrawal of her previous not guilty plea and her decision to plead guilty to murder and three other charges in the case ends Lee County’s role in her prosecution.
The 57-year-old Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, woman also waived extradition to her home state and will face trial there for the 2018 killing of her husband, David Leonard Riess, 54, at their home in Blooming Prairie.
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"A life sentence is a life sentence in Florida, so whatever happens in Minnesota is irrelevant to what happened here today.”
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Updated December 17, 2019 4:42 PM EST
A grandmother accused of killing a woman on Fort Myers Beach was in court Tuesday. Lois Riess withdrew her previous plea of not guilty to enter a guilty plea, receiving a sentence of life in prison.
[...]
The State withdrew the possibility of the death penalty in exchange for the guilty plea. Hutchinson’s family was supportive of the decision as they sought for her to be incarcerated for life.
Chief Assistant State Attorney Richard Montcalvo said, “We feel this is an appropriate resolution to an awful case, just a case but we believe that justice has been done here for the family and for the citizens of Southwest Florida.”
Lois Riess pleads guilty to 2018 homicide of Pamela Hutchinson, gets life sentence
Updated 3:44 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2019
The family of Pamela Hutchinson had one wish, that the person responsible for her death would never be released from prison.
They got that wish Tuesday when Lois Riess, charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting death of the Bradenton woman on Fort Myers Beach, entered a guilty plea and accepted a life sentence.
[...]
Riess’ withdrawal of her previous not guilty plea and her decision to plead guilty to murder and three other charges in the case ends Lee County’s role in her prosecution.
The 57-year-old Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, woman also waived extradition to her home state and will face trial there for the 2018 killing of her husband, David Leonard Riess, 54, at their home in Blooming Prairie.
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"A life sentence is a life sentence in Florida, so whatever happens in Minnesota is irrelevant to what happened here today.”
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