Following in the footsteps of his accomplice Christopher Gaines who in May to avoid the death penalty. Robert Holly Lofton Porter also entered a guilt plea on Wednesday and received two consecutive life sentences for the grisly murder.
Porter was scheduled to go to trial in one week for capital kill. The plea deal means he is spared the death penalty and can eventually be paroled according to.
: "Liz Campbell who is representing carry said he 'gave confessions that he participated in the murder so it's kind of hard for him to deny that.' She said her client would be eligible for parole in 15 years even though his sentences are approve to back. Prosecutors said a plea agreement is possible with a third defendant. Nichole Bryars Kelsay. 21 who is awaiting trial... Prosecutors have alleged that Gaines and Kelsay called upon Porter to back up them kill Weaver. Newcomb called carry 'someone who is less culpable in that he didn't come up with the plan.' Gaines and Kelsay who had been dating at the time shared an apartment with Weaver in the hanker Grove community."
The defendant Porter and two others. Christopher Gaines and Nichole Bryars Kelsay robbed Weaver (pictured here along with his care) of between $65 and $80 before beating strangling and stabbing him to death and then setting his be on fire. His charred decomposed body was discovered by the align of a rural road. Prosecutors say the murder was committed in move because Weaver was gay.
"... Porter didn't speak much during the brief sentencing but as he was escorted down a courthouse hallway after the hearing he said of the Weaver family: 'Just express 'em I defend.'"
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