sentences, two life sentences and a 15-year sentence. and they closed that door behind you it it s like, damn, this is real now. this is for real. i m not supposed to die like this. seth s co-defendant, pablo ibar was also found guilty and sentenced to death. i thought that the sentence to death for both of them was fair. i ve heard people say, well, the death penalty is not a deterrent. well, it s not meant to be. it s called justice. from the time of his arrest through years of trials, one of seth s childhood friends had been following his case from afar. after seth was sentenced, she went to visit him on death row. most american people think that the criminal justice system works. they think that when you re
later. there was a home invasion robbery in dade county. three men come in, tie the people up, ask them for drugs, money, same type of m.o. very violent. this time one of the victims managed to call police, who i a rived at the crime still in progress. the police corral the place and grab the three of them. the three men were alberto rincone, 24. alex hernandez, 20 and pablo ibar, 22. dade county police looked at the flyers, looked at the three suspects and go, hey, pablo ibar and alex hernandez, these are the two guys. metro dade called us up and said i have somebody you should at least come look at. that was pablo ibar. i m thinking, this is great. this is the guy. gary foy came in and positively i.d. d ibar as the
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prosecutor. i was very disappointed because i do believe that the evidence establishes that pablo ibar and seth penalver committed the crime. not guilty doesn t mean innocent. seth s co-defendant, pablo ibar, is still on death row. in 2012 he wrote a letter to seth that raised questions for the victims family. there is a handwritten letter that s full of rage from pablo ibar. it basically tells him, you are not a victim. man up. take responsibility for your actions. for deborah buoy, the letter and the video of the crime can only mean one thing. i know that seth penalver is a murderer. he may pretend with anybody else that he s talking to and tell whatever story and thump whatever bible he wants to bring in, but that man is a cold-blooded murderer. and he may be acquitted, and he
and says, my boss ordered me to drive the mercedes to west palm beach county and set it on fire. you just walked in and admitted that you ve committed arson in a triple homicide and the broward county sheriff s office let you walk out. you have witnesses who all put seth and pablo in sunrise with the mercedes and seth s car. the theory was that they were together, but it doesn t add up. it doesn t match. a few days after talking to police, johnny magill was murdered at a nightclub in miami. police never verified magill s claims and never told the defense. other documents police withheld included an inventory of security camera footage seized from butch casey s bar. butch casey had a number of cameras in his club. one of the tapes showed the bar