Trial begins for man linked to double-murder by lottery tickets

Comment #23

NightStalker — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:16:54 GMT

Yeah, and it boils down to money...saving money, but at the expense of another life taken. It costs less for a life term without parole than to execute. -Lucky Loser

I'm not sure I understand how it's cheaper to keep someone alive for 30-40 years than just to electrocute them, or lethal injection, rope, firing squad. Maybe I missed something here.

Comment #22

jamella724 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:47:12 GMT

A very sad news for small amount of dollars...If this man, could have been more persistent in playing lotto, he might have won in a lottery and not end up being accused of murder...

Comment #21

Lotto Dreamer — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:07:14 GMT

I tip my hat to the detective who played a hunch by entering those lottery ticket numbers into that database.

If that suspect is indeed the POS who committed those atrocious murders, and he gets convicted and put away (hopefully for life without parole), it will be a job well done for all of us.

Comment #20

TheGameGrl — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:50:50 GMT

May the families be given a sense of peace .

I think more towards the families then allowing a criminal any part of my life thoughts.

May justice be swift .

Comment #19

sully16 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:29:14 GMT

So sad and senseless, Give him a dirt nap.

Comment #18

lotto BJ — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:08:08 GMT

Please don't compare Military Service with that piece of trash. By the way ;A lot of service men are not afforded that lifestyle. Armforces radio was as good as it got.

Comment #17

Ronnie316 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:56:40 GMT

executed w/ sucsess,is a good idea........

Comment #16

mcginnin56 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:47:14 GMT

Use this guy as a guinea pig for experimental drug treatments, why let the poor rats and mice have all the fun.

Comment #15

haymaker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:19:07 GMT

I agree that they don't deserve a lifelong vacation, but that does'nt change the fact that the military does'nt want them .

Their plan was not executed w/ sucsess, that's why their in prison.

Comment #14

Lucky Loser — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:21:33 GMT

Well, you know what they say about the government... If it makes sense... If these guys in prison can plot, plan, case, execute breaking into people's homes, catch a store at its' peak hours to run in and steal, or catch it when it's empty and rob it, then they have a brain and are trainable. In all the scenarios here, innocent people have been killed and it's not fair that they are just sent to a life long vacation...sorry, I'm not with that.

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Comment #13

TaKe51021 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:14:32 GMT

desperate times call for desperate measures....i guess

but wow that lunatic must of been moonstrucked and cracked....it is a mad world that we dwell in

Comment #12

haymaker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:59:39 GMT

The military considers these ppl. untrainable and is not interested in them.

Comment #11

Seattlejohn — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:56:37 GMT

This is why everyone should buy lottery tickets: it helps us find truth justice

Comment #10

Lucky Loser — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:49:09 GMT

Yeah, and it boils down to money...saving money, but at the expense of another life taken. It costs less for a life term without parole than to execute. This is very controversial. It's good to save money when possible, but to give a murderer life w/o parole simply means that we, the tax payers, pay for this individual to still live a full life on us . They wake up in the morning to breakfast, go out to the yard and play basketball, football, they lift weights and get into very good shape, etc.... [ More ]

Comment #9

haymaker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:50:40 GMT

well the south side of chicago is the badest part of town, and if you go down there you best beware of a man named timothy fountain

anyone know how the song ends ?

he was cut in bout a hundred places and shot in a couple more

this guy deserves the same.

I don't think it's maggy's food store anymore, looks like a tas-tee-freeze taco stand.

Comment #8

Ktagu1 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:03:18 GMT

Hey lady. I use to stay around that area as well. It's bad over there now. There's Kelly high school on corner of archer / California. Do u remember that

Comment #7

lottery lady — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:59:59 GMT

My grandmother use to live across the street from there. I was surprised when i heard about it.

Years ago i use to live in that neighboorhood. And i loved it. I went to grammer school and high

school. you had great neighboors and friends. You would walk down to Archer ave. and go shopping.

Now with the gangs over there. You have to go in before dark. There's writing on the buildings.

It's ashame.

Comment #6

mcginnin56 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:24:05 GMT

That would be my wish as well NightStalker, except that Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill in 11 , that made Illinois the 16th state to

abolish the death penalty.

Comment #5

NightStalker — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:12:56 GMT

Glad they caught the guy. I hope he gets the chair.

Comment #4

mcginnin56 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:00:35 GMT

Yes my dear, but it was on the list of the most dangerous cities for lottery players.

Comment #3

hearsetrax — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:55:38 GMT

Comment #2

helpmewin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:55:27 GMT

Chicago wasnt even on the list of the most dangerous cities in terms of crime risk

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:47:33 GMT

If it weren't for all the political corruption, greed, payoffs, organized crime and murder, Chicago would be a real fun town to live in

Trial begins for man linked to double-murder by lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:35:30 GMT

A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting a cashier and customer inside a Southwest Side convenience store in 2005 almost got away with it, but a trail that started with lottery tickets he'd purchased moments before the killings ultimately led police to him, prosecutors said Tuesday as the man's double-murder trial got underway.

Timothy Fountain, 42, is charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the August 2005 shooting deaths of clerk Graciela Rodriguez, 37, and Nicholas Guerrero,... [ More ]