Phamacist Army records can be subpoenaed

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Originally Posted by alelks

Personally I would have to agree with the verdict. Yea the kid was a piece of shit but the law is the law and the kid was no longer a threat lying there unconscious. In my opinion it was indeed an execution.

If the guy had only stopped after the first shot he'd be in the clear but he took it too far.

As much as I would like to say that Erslund protected himself and the others in the store, I have to agree with you. There is more than enough precedent throughout the U.S. stating once the threat has been eliminated, any force used afterward is excessive, the most relevant, IMO, being Tennessee vs. Garner.

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Ersland gets life; judge rejects request to suspend all of prison sentence

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A judge Monday ordered a pharmacist convicted of murder to serve all of his life prison term.

Afterward, pharmacist Jerome Jay Ersland told reporters. “It's injustice of a monumental proportion.”

Oklahoma County District Judge Ray C. Elliott rejected a defense request to give Ersland only probation.

The decision means Ersland, 59, likely will die in prison unless he wins an appeal, the law is changed or Gov. Mary Fallin grants clemency. Under current law, Ersland will have to serve 38 years before he is even eligible for parole.

A jury in May chose the life term as punishment after convicting Ersland of first-degree murder. The judge could have suspended all or part of the sentence but did not.

The pharmacist was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an unarmed robber inside the Reliable Discount Pharmacy in south Oklahoma City two years ago.

Prosecutors said the robber, Antwun “Speedy” Parker, 16, was unconscious from a shot to the head when Ersland got a second gun and shot him five more times. Prosecutors at trial called it an execution. Ersland has said he was defending himself and two co-workers. He has claimed the robber was getting back up.

A second robber, Jevontai Ingram, then 14, fled when Ersland began shooting. Ingram did have a gun.

Also Monday, another judge sentenced the two men who persuaded the two teenagers to do the holdup. Both were convicted of first-degree murder in Parker's death.

Anthony D. Morrison was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for his role. Emanuel D. Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years for his role.

District Judge Kenneth Watson refused to show any leniency to the two men. He said Morrison had sent two kids in to do the robbery “rather than step up and be a man and do it yourself.”

Mitchell Monday continued to deny involvement in the robbery, even though he was caught near a stolen getaway car a few blocks from the pharmacy. “There is no way I should be forced to live with this wrongful conviction,” he told Watson.

The verdict at Ersland's trial renewed a public debate over his actions. More than 17,000 signed petitions given to the governor's office last week. The petitions called the outcome an outrage.

Few supporters, though, showed up Monday for the sentencing. Most of the courtroom was filled with college students and news reporters.

Ersland was chained at his waist, hands and feet. He wore a back brace and black and white jail clothes. He did not make a statement at his sentencing. “I have nothing to say. Thank you,” he told the judge.

His son, Jeff Ersland, told reporters afterward, “I'm just trying to stay optimistic moving forward and hope for the best.”

The pharmacist's defense attorneys plan to appeal. Lead attorney, Irven Box, said they will ask the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for a new trial because of limitations the judge put on testimony. He said the jurors should have been allowed to hear from a Chelsea pharmacist who was robbed and from a Nichols Hills police officer who fatally shot a burglar.

Box said the trial would have a different outcome if the jurors had heard more testimony.

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Originally Posted by Sigaba

Ersland gets life; judge rejects request to suspend all of prison sentence

Source is here. (Video as well.)

Also Monday, another judge sentenced the two men who persuaded the two teenagers to do the holdup. Both were convicted of first-degree murder in Parker's death.

Anthony D. Morrison was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for his role. Emanuel D. Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years for his role.

District Judge Kenneth Watson refused to show any leniency to the two men. He said Morrison had sent two kids in to do the robbery “rather than step up and be a man and do it yourself.”

Good to see the judge slammed the instigators as well.