GUILTY CA - Sherri Rasmussen, 29, murdered in her Los Angeles home, 24 Feb 1986

[MsFacetious]

Guilty of 1st degree murder.

http://twitter.com/#!/abc7

 

[Vhead]

Guilty!!


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[joe jones]

Jury found her guilty, as I expected, justice at long last for Sherri and her family and friends,

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Full coverage: Trial of Stephanie Lazarus

In reaching the guilty verdict, jurors concluded it was Lazarus who brutally beat and then shot Sherri Rasmussen three times in the chest on Feb. 24, 1986. Three months before the attack, Rasmussen, a 29-year-old hospital nursing director, had married John Ruetten, who dated Lazarus casually for a few years leading up to the wedding. It is the first time in memory that an active-duty LAPD officer was arrested on a murder charge and later convicted.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lapd-detective-stephanie-lazarus-guilty-verdict.html

 

[Vhead]

Wow! Mandatory LWOP!
It's very bittersweet. I feel incredible for Sherri's family .. But I know they must feel empty even so without their babygirl.. I feel saddened for SL's family too.. Her daughter the most. I guess until she takes her dying breath she'll be forced to think of the life she stole from this earth.

If a live feed is made available I'd love to see it.


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[Vhead]

Does anyone know if a book is being written on this? I thought sprocket said someone was.


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[JoeFromLB]

I'm not so sure of this "life without parole" thing. KFI radio is reporting she might have a possibility of parole after 25 years. Also, this L.A. Times story says "life with the possibility of parole".

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lapd-detective-stephanie-lazarus-guilty-verdict.html

 

[lauriej]

I'm not so sure of this "life without parole" thing. KFI radio is reporting she might have a possibility of parole after 25 years. Also, this L.A. Times story says "life with the possibility of parole".

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lapd-detective-stephanie-lazarus-guilty-verdict.html

..and this article says 27 years---life.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8574177

Lazarus, 51, faces 27 years to life in prison when she is sentenced on May 4.

 

[joe jones]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/stephanie-lazarus-guilty.html

LAPD apologises to her family for the non investigation into Lazarus and for the length of time it took to get justice

 

[joe jones]

I imagine the judge will give the top end of the sentence, the brutality of the murder, the fact she probably stalked and followed the victim, and lay in wait for the day and time the victim was home alone, and the fact she was a police officer at the time of the murder, police officers are held to a higher standard,

I wonder if defence will offer any mitigation or just tell the court the jury got it wrong and she is innocent, and then bleat on post the sentencing about appealing, which is her legal right,

the DNA from the bitemark is what it is, and that will never change or go away

 

[OneLove]

The unfathomable in this case is that people who know the murderer say that they just couldn't believe she was capable BECAUSE when she met them at the bar after work, she always gave out hugs?! WTF?

I guess the bar for gullibility is still very low if that's all it takes to assume someone is a wonderful person.

 

[cluciano63]

I am SO happy to see this verdict...what a vicious murder...better late than never.

 

[JBean]

Does anyone know if a book is being written on this? I thought sprocket said someone was.


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we need to talk sprock into writing it. That's a book I would read.

 

[zippitydoda]

we need to talk sprock into writing it. That's a book I would read.

I read her blog throughout this trial - its excellent. Thank you to the poster who included the site pages ago, that how I found it.

 

[Vhead]

I'm not so sure of this "life without parole" thing. KFI radio is reporting she might have a possibility of parole after 25 years. Also, this L.A. Times story says "life with the possibility of parole".

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lapd-detective-stephanie-lazarus-guilty-verdict.html

I caught that article too after my post. I believe I saw that on myfox.


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[joe jones]

she will be sentenced to 27 years to life, I think that is because they are sentencing her under the statute as it was when crime was committed not what it would be today,

she is 52 on the day of sentence if she only serves the 27 years (which is highly unlikely) then she will be 79 upon release - but I doubt she will ever be a free woman again

 

[~n/t~]

Not sure if the photo at the link was taken when the verdict was read but she looks shocked.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/former-...pins-her-down-as-murderer-20120309-1uo6o.html

 

[JoeFromLB]

she will be sentenced to 27 years to life, I think that is because they are sentencing her under the statute as it was when crime was committed not what it would be today,

she is 52 on the day of sentence if she only serves the 27 years (which is highly unlikely) then she will be 79 upon release - but I doubt she will ever be a free woman again

Hold on a minute. According to today's L.A. Times, she could be out in as little as 14 years!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0309-lapd-verdict-20120308,0,3121506.story?dssReturn

excerpt:
Because the jury found her guilty of first-degree murder, state law requires that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry sentence Lazarus to life in prison with the possibility of parole in about 14 years, a state corrections official said. Perry scheduled sentencing for May 4.

 

[JoeFromLB]

Not sure if the photo at the link was taken when the verdict was read but she looks shocked.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/former-...pins-her-down-as-murderer-20120309-1uo6o.html

That was an earlier photo. Here she is from yesterday:

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2012-03/68683329.jpg

 

[Vhead]

Hold on a minute. According to today's L.A. Times, she could be out in as little as 14 years!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0309-lapd-verdict-20120308,0,3121506.story?dssReturn

excerpt:
Because the jury found her guilty of first-degree murder, state law requires that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry sentence Lazarus to life in prison with the possibility of parole in about 14 years, a state corrections official said. Perry scheduled sentencing for May 4.

I believe in CA all prisoners serve half-time? I heard something about 85% time for violent crimes? Maybe I have that wrong. Does anyone know?


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