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<<Black man gets death in racist killings
November 11, 2001
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A black man was sentenced to death Sunday for killing three white men in a racist shooting rampage. Racist Ronald Taylor, 41, was convicted in the March 1, 2000, violence that started at his apartment in suburban Wilkinsburg and continued at two nearby restaurants.
The jury, which took two days to reach its decision, had the option of sentencing Taylor to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Lawrence O'Toole will formally sentence Taylor, but is bound by the jury's decision on the three first-degree murder charges. No date was set for the formal sentencing, which will make Taylor the 246th person on Pennsylvania's death row.
"I feel Mr. Taylor brought it on himself," said Michaela Sanielevici, whose 20-year-old son, Emil, was among those killed. Public defender Lisa Middleman said she was disappointed by the decision. She had asked the jurors to show compassion because of Taylor's mental state. "It's very hard to have faith in a system that puts severely mentally ill people to death," she said Sunday.
Prosecutors maintained that Taylor knew what he was doing when he targeted whites. Even a defense psychiatrist testified that Taylor "had an awareness" that killing was considered wrong.
During the trial, prosecutors showed jurors copies of hate writings found in Taylor's apartment that railed at whites, Jews and homosexuals. "Jesus Christ made a very big, costly mistake by putting white trash people on the face of the earth," one of the writings said. The killings started when Taylor got angry at workers who were fixing a door at his apartment and fatally shot worker John Kroll, 55.
Taylor then walked to the fast-food restaurants, killing two more white men and wounding two others. Next, he went to a nearby office building and threatened to kill white people there. He surrendered after a two-hour standoff with police. ??Black man gets death in racist killings
November 11, 2001
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A black man was sentenced to death Sunday for killing three white men in a racist shooting rampage. Racist Ronald Taylor, 41, was convicted in the March 1, 2000, violence that started at his apartment in suburban Wilkinsburg and continued at two nearby restaurants.
The jury, which took two days to reach its decision, had the option of sentencing Taylor to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Lawrence O'Toole will formally sentence Taylor, but is bound by the jury's decision on the three first-degree murder charges. No date was set for the formal sentencing, which will make Taylor the 246th person on Pennsylvania's death row.
"I feel Mr. Taylor brought it on himself," said Michaela Sanielevici, whose 20-year-old son, Emil, was among those killed. Public defender Lisa Middleman said she was disappointed by the decision. She had asked the jurors to show compassion because of Taylor's mental state. "It's very hard to have faith in a system that puts severely mentally ill people to death," she said Sunday.
Prosecutors maintained that Taylor knew what he was doing when he targeted whites. Even a defense psychiatrist testified that Taylor "had an awareness" that killing was considered wrong.
During the trial, prosecutors showed jurors copies of hate writings found in Taylor's apartment that railed at whites, Jews and homosexuals. "Jesus Christ made a very big, costly mistake by putting white trash people on the face of the earth," one of the writings said. The killings started when Taylor got angry at workers who were fixing a door at his apartment and fatally shot worker John Kroll, 55.
Taylor then walked to the fast-food restaurants, killing two more white men and wounding two others. Next, he went to a nearby office building and threatened to kill white people there. He surrendered after a two-hour standoff with police. >>
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November 11, 2001
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A black man was sentenced to death Sunday for killing three white men in a racist shooting rampage. Racist Ronald Taylor, 41, was convicted in the March 1, 2000, violence that started at his apartment in suburban Wilkinsburg and continued at two nearby restaurants.
The jury, which took two days to reach its decision, had the option of sentencing Taylor to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Lawrence O'Toole will formally sentence Taylor, but is bound by the jury's decision on the three first-degree murder charges. No date was set for the formal sentencing, which will make Taylor the 246th person on Pennsylvania's death row.
"I feel Mr. Taylor brought it on himself," said Michaela Sanielevici, whose 20-year-old son, Emil, was among those killed. Public defender Lisa Middleman said she was disappointed by the decision. She had asked the jurors to show compassion because of Taylor's mental state. "It's very hard to have faith in a system that puts severely mentally ill people to death," she said Sunday.
Prosecutors maintained that Taylor knew what he was doing when he targeted whites. Even a defense psychiatrist testified that Taylor "had an awareness" that killing was considered wrong.
During the trial, prosecutors showed jurors copies of hate writings found in Taylor's apartment that railed at whites, Jews and homosexuals. "Jesus Christ made a very big, costly mistake by putting white trash people on the face of the earth," one of the writings said. The killings started when Taylor got angry at workers who were fixing a door at his apartment and fatally shot worker John Kroll, 55.
Taylor then walked to the fast-food restaurants, killing two more white men and wounding two others. Next, he went to a nearby office building and threatened to kill white people there. He surrendered after a two-hour standoff with police. ??Black man gets death in racist killings
November 11, 2001
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A black man was sentenced to death Sunday for killing three white men in a racist shooting rampage. Racist Ronald Taylor, 41, was convicted in the March 1, 2000, violence that started at his apartment in suburban Wilkinsburg and continued at two nearby restaurants.
The jury, which took two days to reach its decision, had the option of sentencing Taylor to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Lawrence O'Toole will formally sentence Taylor, but is bound by the jury's decision on the three first-degree murder charges. No date was set for the formal sentencing, which will make Taylor the 246th person on Pennsylvania's death row.
"I feel Mr. Taylor brought it on himself," said Michaela Sanielevici, whose 20-year-old son, Emil, was among those killed. Public defender Lisa Middleman said she was disappointed by the decision. She had asked the jurors to show compassion because of Taylor's mental state. "It's very hard to have faith in a system that puts severely mentally ill people to death," she said Sunday.
Prosecutors maintained that Taylor knew what he was doing when he targeted whites. Even a defense psychiatrist testified that Taylor "had an awareness" that killing was considered wrong.
During the trial, prosecutors showed jurors copies of hate writings found in Taylor's apartment that railed at whites, Jews and homosexuals. "Jesus Christ made a very big, costly mistake by putting white trash people on the face of the earth," one of the writings said. The killings started when Taylor got angry at workers who were fixing a door at his apartment and fatally shot worker John Kroll, 55.
Taylor then walked to the fast-food restaurants, killing two more white men and wounding two others. Next, he went to a nearby office building and threatened to kill white people there. He surrendered after a two-hour standoff with police. >>
www.falange.us/blackman.htm
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www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20011102taylor1102p3.asp
