The driver of Uber Jason Dalton pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder in Kalamazoo. In total he shot passengers 8 times in various places. For four women, one man and one boy, these trips were fatal.
«Against [the defense attorney’s] advice, Mr. Dalton wanted to plead guilty to all of the charges that had been made against him.»
Hear from KZOO Co. prosecutor Jeff Getting as he explains what led to Jason Dalton»s decision to plead guilty. https://t.co/CpNT77N0yx pic.twitter.com/2cJieACk7O
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«I have long wanted to do,» said Dalton judge in Michigan, explaining further that on murder it provoked the «Devil» in the image of figures from the Uber app. However, the driver refused to accept the madness and not agreed to the treatment. Now he faces life.
The recognition was sudden. Previously, Dalton, denied the charges, and the court had to choose the jury, the court could take. The attorney explains the deed the ward of his reluctance to intensify the grief the families of the victims.
The Prosecutor noted that very rarely does anyone pleads guilty to murder of the 1st degree. Therefore, no transaction is Dalton and not offered. Jason Dalton pleaded guilty, knowing that the only way the sentence is life in prison without parole.
«You do not understand the relief I feel,» Abbie’s mom said Kopf’of Dalton’Jason’s plea. «Abbie can go to sleep tonight knowing there’s no way he can get to her. Because that’s what she’s been afraid of.» The teen, once thought dead, survived shot to head in random shooting spree pic.twitter.com/5ZJkzXCVwn
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«You don’t understand the relief I feel,’ said the mother of one of the survivors of the Dalton Abby Kopf. Abby can go to sleep tonight, knowing that he already could not get to her. Because that’s what she feared.»
