... only thing certain in a troubling case that has ignited the same intense self-defense-vs.-vigilante murder debate as in 2004 when another Marine, Elton Richard of Albuquerque, gunned down a prowler.         But where the Richards had refused to enter the debate, Heather is stepping forward for the first ...
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... a long history of making arbitrary and capricious decisions from his bench, and this has only been brought to light because of the case involving Elton Richard. If Richard had not been a decorated Marine who was given an outrageous sentence and further humiliated with an inordinate amount of restitution ...
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... Albuquerque More Than One Bad Ruling THE JOURNAL'S “Up Front” correspondent, Joline Gutierrez Krueger, granted sainthood to both Elton Richard and the judge, Albert S. “Pat” Murdoch. Also apparently she felt the real victim (a Daniel Romero, I believe) was not worthy of mention ...
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... something he apparently found painful or distasteful and best to avoid.     Which, presumably, he did and couldn't.     The "other case" involved Elton Richard, the decorated Marine he had condemned in February to two years of hard time and heavy restitution for chasing down and killing a black-clad ...
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... come to mind in the wake of the ruling.     Extensive reporting during recent weeks has informed us of the fatal confrontation that former Marine Elton Richard and alleged would-be thief Daniel Romero had beginning outside Richard's West Side home late in 2004. New Mexico law, now supported by the ...
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... then shooting him in the back as he tries to make it over a fence, or so the evidence seems to indicate, is self-defense. On the night in question, Elton Richard chose to commit murder over a $100 window. KOB AM radio made a conscious decision to support that choice and to make Richard a hero.     Who ...
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... come to mind in the wake of the ruling.     Extensive reporting during recent weeks has informed us of the fatal confrontation that former Marine Elton Richard and alleged would-be thief Daniel Romero had beginning outside Richard's Albuquerque West Side home late in 2004. New Mexico law, now supported ...
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... screen for 20 minutes. I saw it myself south of the Mesa Del Sol project. Wonder if we'll get movie passes out of this? — T.I.     THE CASES of Elton Richard and former Judge William Brennan demonstrate once more that in Albuquerque it is not what crime you commit, but who commits it. The fair trial ...
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... Iraq war vet sentencing decision       Judge's Reasoning Made Little Sense I BELIEVE that District Judge Pat Murdoch was right in reducing Elton Richard's sentence to time already served.     Richard was wrong in killing an unarmed person who was not threatening his life, but the killing was ...
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... "Thank you, Jesus" and breathy sobs erupted in a crowded courtroom Friday as state District Judge Pat Murdoch announced that he had decided to reduce Elton Richard's sentence to four months - the length of time Richard had already served for the Dec. 30, 2004, shooting death of Daniel Romero.    ...
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