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Brutal Ohio mass murderer cops plea and avoids death penalty

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local story, which is headlined "Knox County man pleads guilty in dismemberment slayings; Matthew Hoffman could be sentenced to life in prison," a high-profile Ohio multiple murder case is now a (simple?) sentencing case after a plea.  Here are the details: Matthew Hoffman pleaded guilty this morning in the horrific dismemberment slayings of a Knox County woman, her son and a family friend.  Hoffman acknowledged his responsibility for the crimes before Knox County Common Pleas Court Judge Otho Eyster.  He faces a sentence of life in prison without parole. Hoffman fatally stabbed Tina Herrmann, 32; her son Kody Maynard, 11; and family friend Stephanie Sprang, 41, in Herrmann's home in Apple Valley on Nov. 10 and then cut up their bodies...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 06, 2011 (boomark / email).