Murder victim Eve Carson
Takaaki Iwabu /Daily Tar Heel
POOL — Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. talks to his lawyers Kevin Bradley and Karen Bethea-Shields Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. A jury found Lovette guilty of kidnapping, robbing and murdering Eve Carson, the 2008 UNC-Chapel Hill student body president. He received a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole. The verdict capped seven and a half days of testimony in Orange County Superior Court.
By David in TN
http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/12/lovette_found_guilty
After less than three hours of deliberation, the jury today found Laurence Lovette guilty of murder, kidnapping and other charges in the 2008 death of UNC student body president Eve Marie Carson.
Judge Allen Baddour sentenced Lovette to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder, and he will serve additional sentences for the kidnapping and robbery charges.
"The life that Ms. Carson led was too short, but I know that she continues to be an inspiration, not only for her family but for thousands in this community and across this country," Baddour said....
Atwater plead guilty to first-degree murder for Carson's death in 2010 and is serving two life sentences.
Carson's violent death shocked the University's campus, and students came out by the thousands to mourn the loss of the beautiful girl with the bright future.
Carson's family thanked the court and the jury, but declined further comment to the court.
Lovette and Atwater, both of Durham, had long criminal histories and were in and out of the probation system throughout their teenage years.
Lovette is also charged with the January 2008 murder of Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato, who was found shot to death in his off-campus apartment.
["Laurence Lovette sentenced to life in prison for Eve Carson's murder," by Chelsey Dulaney, The Daily Tar Heel, Tuesday, December 20, 2011; updated at 3:06 p.m.]
Lovette's crime partner, Demario
Atwater, was convicted last year
of murdering Carson, and
sentenced to life "without parole"
Lovette will now be tried for the January 18, 2008 robbery and murder of
Duke graduate engineering student, Abhijit Mahato
[Previously, at WEJB/NSU:
http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2011/12/nc-dept-of-corrections-report-details.html
"NC Dept of Corrections Report Details Negligence That Led to Eve Carson Murder"; and
http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2011/12/closing-arguments-in-eve-carson-murder.html
1 comment:
HLN's Special Report had a segment on the verdict. Jane Velez-Mitchell, who hosts her own show on HLN, was subbing for Vinnie Politan. She brought up the lack of supervision the two killers had when on "probation." Several times JVM referred to the crime as a "horror," the term Nicholas Stix coined for the Christian-Newsom torture-murders.
To my knowledge, Jane Velez-Mitchell has never said anything about the Knoxville Horror. She did mention the Anne Pressley murder a couple of times.
David In TN
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