Re: [OT] Crimo gets 7 consecutive life sentences

On 2025-04-24 6:48 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
 

Robert Crimo Jr.,

 They are behaving like royalty, never moving the generational titles up
as the ancestors die. He's III.
 

who murdered 7 people and injured several more in a
mass shooting north of Chicago in 2022, has been sentenced to seven
consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/us/robert-crimo-iii-july-fourth-parade-shooter-to-be-sentenced/index.html

 

I'm confused. The article simultaneously claimed that he was charged
with THREE first degree murder charges for each person who died AND that
EACH first degree murder charge is eligible for a life sentence. How can
he possible be charged with THREE first degree murders on each victim?
And even if that makes sense in some way that escapes me, how does he
manage to get only 7 consecutive life sentences instead of 21?

 

Also, has anything come out about WHY he did what he did? That's often
the most intriguing part of a crime in that it offers insight into the
thinking of the criminal. Sometimes, the criminal's thought process is
so bizarre that you wonder why they hadn't been in a psychiatric
institution (if any still exist). Other times, the criminal doesn't seem
to have thought at all or had no apparent moral code to restrain him.
And sometimes, their thought process reveals a horrific evil.

 As I pointed out at the time, it had to do with his despicable parents.

I remember asking the question before but wasn't sure if it was the same crime. My apologies for not circling back to see your answer at the time.

I truly have sympathy for him for the way he was raised, but there's no
way to argue that he wasn't an adult responsible for the horrific crime
he committed.
 

How does a shitty upbringing justify charging him three times for each murder?

I can still find the shell casings in the sidewalk pavers at the
entrance to the restaurant across the street from where he shot from.

Is that your neighbourhood? If so, that must be especially frightening. I'm used to serious gun crime in Toronto now but it tends to freak me out somewhat when it happens closer to home.
--
Rhino