Posted on Nov 10, 2014
Another death penalty in newlywed Marine couple murders
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From: Marine Corps Times
A man who joined three accomplices in tormenting and killing a Marine sergeant and his wife during a home invasion robbery near Murrieta, California, was sentenced Friday to death.
Kesaun Kedron Sykes, 27, was convicted in August of the 2008 slayings of 26-year-olde Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak and her husband, 24-year-old Janek Pietrzak.
The six-man, six-woman jury that found Sykes guilty recommended the death penalty, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian Thierbach followed that recommendation.
The defendant is the last of four former Marines to be sentenced for the Oct. 15, 2008, killings.
Last year, three members of Janek Pietrzak's helicopter maintenance squadron at Camp Pendleton — Kevin Darnell Cox and Tyrone Lloyd Miller, both 27, along with 25-year-old Emrys Justin John —were convicted.
Cox and Miller were sentenced to death, while John received two consecutive life prison terms.
"Mr. Sykes and the other defendants crossed every line of human decency when they committed these murders," said Deputy District Attorney Dan DeLimon. "We're talking about a pack of predators who actually took pleasure in inflicting pain and suffering. They're more monster than human."
Sykes, Miller, Cox and John forced their way into the Pietrzaks' French Valley home at 3139 Bermuda Ave. after Cox knocked on the door around 1 a.m. asking if he could speak to the sergeant.
After tying up and gagging the victims, the defendants ransacked the home for 90 minutes.
Quiana Pietrzak was separated from her husband and placed on a table by Sykes, who stripped her and joined Miller and Cox in sexually violating her with a vibrator. According to the defendants' own testimony, they mocked the blindfolded woman, making lewd gestures and suggesting that her cooperation might save her life.
The foursome had carried out a similar home-invasion in Oceanside less than a month earlier, though no one was killed. They confessed that they were mainly interested in the "stuff" they might be able steal from the Pietrzaks, who had received numerous gifts at their Aug. 8 wedding.
John shot the couple with a 9mm handgun.
The defendants painted racial epithets on the home's interior walls — and on the victims' bodies — to make it appear as though a hate-crime had occurred. Pietrzak was of Polish descent; Quiana was black.
Sykes' attorney, Doug Myers, argued that his client suffered from an under-developed brain.
Pietrzak's mother, Henryka Varga, and Quiana's mother, Glenda Faye Jenkins, waged a campaign in 2009 seeking legislation to require the Marine Corps to raise its recruiting standards and strengthen vetting procedures to prevent men such as the defendants from joining. The effort did not bear fruit.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/crime/2014/11/10/murder-death-penalty/18790785/
A man who joined three accomplices in tormenting and killing a Marine sergeant and his wife during a home invasion robbery near Murrieta, California, was sentenced Friday to death.
Kesaun Kedron Sykes, 27, was convicted in August of the 2008 slayings of 26-year-olde Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak and her husband, 24-year-old Janek Pietrzak.
The six-man, six-woman jury that found Sykes guilty recommended the death penalty, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian Thierbach followed that recommendation.
The defendant is the last of four former Marines to be sentenced for the Oct. 15, 2008, killings.
Last year, three members of Janek Pietrzak's helicopter maintenance squadron at Camp Pendleton — Kevin Darnell Cox and Tyrone Lloyd Miller, both 27, along with 25-year-old Emrys Justin John —were convicted.
Cox and Miller were sentenced to death, while John received two consecutive life prison terms.
"Mr. Sykes and the other defendants crossed every line of human decency when they committed these murders," said Deputy District Attorney Dan DeLimon. "We're talking about a pack of predators who actually took pleasure in inflicting pain and suffering. They're more monster than human."
Sykes, Miller, Cox and John forced their way into the Pietrzaks' French Valley home at 3139 Bermuda Ave. after Cox knocked on the door around 1 a.m. asking if he could speak to the sergeant.
After tying up and gagging the victims, the defendants ransacked the home for 90 minutes.
Quiana Pietrzak was separated from her husband and placed on a table by Sykes, who stripped her and joined Miller and Cox in sexually violating her with a vibrator. According to the defendants' own testimony, they mocked the blindfolded woman, making lewd gestures and suggesting that her cooperation might save her life.
The foursome had carried out a similar home-invasion in Oceanside less than a month earlier, though no one was killed. They confessed that they were mainly interested in the "stuff" they might be able steal from the Pietrzaks, who had received numerous gifts at their Aug. 8 wedding.
John shot the couple with a 9mm handgun.
The defendants painted racial epithets on the home's interior walls — and on the victims' bodies — to make it appear as though a hate-crime had occurred. Pietrzak was of Polish descent; Quiana was black.
Sykes' attorney, Doug Myers, argued that his client suffered from an under-developed brain.
Pietrzak's mother, Henryka Varga, and Quiana's mother, Glenda Faye Jenkins, waged a campaign in 2009 seeking legislation to require the Marine Corps to raise its recruiting standards and strengthen vetting procedures to prevent men such as the defendants from joining. The effort did not bear fruit.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/crime/2014/11/10/murder-death-penalty/18790785/
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The Marines' should put these guys through a court martial under the UCMJ, since they were all military.
Once convicted by court martial, they should be handed over to Military Authorities and put in Leavenworth vice a civilian system. They can have them when we are done with them. They need to be sitting beside Hassan.
Once convicted by court martial, they should be handed over to Military Authorities and put in Leavenworth vice a civilian system. They can have them when we are done with them. They need to be sitting beside Hassan.
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okay too easy. They admitted it all so, no nice stay in the Fed. Pen, just dig a hole kick them in and shoot them. Cover hole = Job Done.
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MSG Brad Sand
SSG John Bacon
You are a lot kinder than me...I would not waste the bullet. Make them dig their own hole and then bury them...let the dirt take care of the trash.
You are a lot kinder than me...I would not waste the bullet. Make them dig their own hole and then bury them...let the dirt take care of the trash.
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Should have been convicted of rape, murder, torture, kidnapping etc without the death penalty. They would have lived their days in general population and darwinism would have taken over. Death penalty = private room and constant supervision. No need for the hilton treatment for these scumbags
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It's California, the death penalty doesn't mean a thing here. The convicts will likely die of old age before they even approach a date for their execution.
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What a couple of s*%! bags to ambush and invade the home of their fellow Marine and then kill him and his wife. People who behave like that are embarrassment to themselves, their families, and to all of us who join the military to serve our country.
What really sucks in serving your country you end up defending the rights of the innocent and the grossly unrepentant and ungrateful like the three who got the death sentence. Too bad California doesn't just ship those who are convicted and sentenced to death to Texas. Because in Texas they don't mess around, they keep the wait line on death row SHORT! And for good reason.
What really sucks in serving your country you end up defending the rights of the innocent and the grossly unrepentant and ungrateful like the three who got the death sentence. Too bad California doesn't just ship those who are convicted and sentenced to death to Texas. Because in Texas they don't mess around, they keep the wait line on death row SHORT! And for good reason.
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As much as I am not "supposed" to be pro-death penalty, I am quite satisfied with the death penalty punishment. May the rest in paradise.
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1LT William Clardy
I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts on this, if you ever feel inclined to share them.
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SPC(P) Samantha Moore
I will definitely do so, but will have to be during a later time when I can do some reading and research. But I have some organic chem that needs knocking out right now, haha!
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1LT William Clardy
Take your time for the heavy thinking -- just make sure those organic equations balance by morning.
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Sometimes the death penalty doesn't seem like enough. This is one of those times. There should be some way they are forced to do something which helps the families of the victims prior to the "humane" death which their victims weren't afforded.
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