Killer has mental health issues, is life in prison the right sentence?
He killed two of his friends and tried to kill a third. His lawyer called a life sentence 'cruel and unusual' punishment for a mentally ill murderer.
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He killed two of his friends and tried to kill a third. His lawyer called a life sentence 'cruel and unusual' punishment for a mentally ill murderer.
He killed two of his friends and tried to kill a third. His lawyer called a life sentence 'cruel and unusual' punishment for a mentally ill murderer.
Gessesse Hawthorne, 28, of West Palm Beach, was Wednesday to two life sentences in connection with a triple shooting that left two men dead in West Palm Beach in 2017.
Jurors found Kenneth Hawthorne guilty of murder for shooting two of his friends to death and trying to kill a third — seemingly without motive.
Kenneth Gessesse Hawthorne, 28, was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with a triple shooting that left two men dead in West Palm Beach in 2017.