The Florida Murders of Adoptive Parents--Sovereigns?

[Demosthenes]

November 7, 2009
A suspect in the July murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings made an appearance in court Friday on an unrelated assault charge.
Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 35, is accused of stabbing a fellow Escambia County Jail inmate twice with a pencil in late September. Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Friday to the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The maximum penalty is 15 years in prison.
Gonzalez faces a first-degree murder and other charges in the home invasion that resulted in the July killings. The state is seeking the death penalty.
His next court appearance in the pencil-stabbing incident is Jan. 6.

And here I thought it was the pen that was mightier.

[Blup]

After they execute him he'll have to spend another 15 years in the slammer

[bmielke]

After they execute him he'll have to spend another 15 years in the slammer

He will prpbably have 15 years of appeals before they execute him.