Posted on Nov 8, 2022
Man sentenced to two terms of life in prison after DNA linked him to 1982 killings of Colorado...
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Phillips did not address the court but his daughter, Andrea Shelton, did, the only person who spoke on his behalf. She expressed sympathy for the families of Schnee and Oberholtzer but said she believed in forgiveness and redemption. She told Broome that Phillips had taught her and her siblings honesty and ethics as they were growing up.
"He is a good man and I thought someone should say something," Shelton said.
Broome said he would impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole for each of the two women, ordering them to be technically served one after the other, rather than at the same time, to allow the maximum penalty under the law. Prosecutors had asked for that to allow the loss of each woman's life to be recognized.
"I hope the healing starts today and God be with you," he said to their families."
..."Phillips did not address the court but his daughter, Andrea Shelton, did, the only person who spoke on his behalf. She expressed sympathy for the families of Schnee and Oberholtzer but said she believed in forgiveness and redemption. She told Broome that Phillips had taught her and her siblings honesty and ethics as they were growing up.
"He is a good man and I thought someone should say something," Shelton said.
Broome said he would impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole for each of the two women, ordering them to be technically served one after the other, rather than at the same time, to allow the maximum penalty under the law. Prosecutors had asked for that to allow the loss of each woman's life to be recognized.
"I hope the healing starts today and God be with you," he said to their families."
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