I'm not in Kern and don't know much about the Sons case

Oh, ok....so you are NOT all knowing?

It's over enough that, until appeal starts, all this squawking and yipping and yelling can stop.

As for "prison justice":

Aren't death row inmates isolated so that no one can hurt them?

random,

He'll do better in a re-trial:  He learned to not take the stand, and he probably won't tell the same lie about the accident.  I wonder about his brother, Troy.  I wonder if he'll still be missing by that time.

The sentence is an appropriate one. 

It's unfortunate that some  use such a tragedy to yell their racism.  If the jury had voted not guilty,  or life, the same people would yell their racism by claiming that the jury had discounted the value of the victims because they were Black.

It's a no win situation with such folks.   

he probably won't tell the same lie about the accident

That's right: Brothers will stick to his other Big Lie: that he's innocent.

Buh bye, perp

I went golfing this morning, so I didn't see the verdict until this afternoon. I wrote a blog entry yesterday saying it would happen today. That was a no brainer. And after the transcript was released today regarding the dismissed juror, I see my post just after it happened was correct. I have good sources.

I just watched the video of Vincent's mother and family, along with Wesley Crawford outside the courthouse this morning. Unbelievable. I recall back in the mid-80's when I sent Wesley to prison for possessing crack cocaine. But his last name was Clawford then. Before he became Wesley Mohamaad, and now Crawford.

And I predicted a few weeks ago that Ed Jagels will not complete his term in office, and Lisa Green will be his replacement until the next election is held. Mark my words.

Good job Lisa, and rot in HELL Vincent!!

Rie,
   My guess is you did not follow the evidence.
   At a minimum, the testimony was Vincent was not in Ohio for three critical days even according to his own testimony, and the only person in his family who he claimed to be with was Troy, who came to court, but fled in disobedience to a subpoena.
   So Vincent is either very rude not to tell the family he was staying with where he was going, or he had a good reason for not telling them. The jury found the latter.
   Plus the bugs on the rental car that showed he went out west.
   Plus lots more.
   Stay tuned. This case and what happened in it will be more interesting in coming weeks.
   But I understand the need to support your friend. I encourage you to do that. He needs friends now.

Sorry, I didn't realize I was signed on as BrothersTrial. This is Steve E. Swenson making these comments

brotherstrial,

nice unbiased reporting on your part (~*heavy sarcasm*~)

Worse than any supposed "klan" jurors are the crips who would defend a mass murderer.

buh bye Vincey.

5:05, it looks like you have an agenda.  He is innocent because he is black.  Black is innocent because black was treated horribly in the past. 

Well, there's a point of interest.  He has blue eyes, I believe.  His race is, then, undoubtedly mixed.  Perhaps if we accept that his white genes did the killing, those who scream racist can accept the evidence.  Which of his races planned his failed escape?

Hi:

I’m a first time poster here, found this by accident and being a long time resident of  message boards and Bakersfield, thought I’d drop in my 2 cents worth in just for kicks.

The most tragic thing that I see generated here is the hatred and judgment, produced and passed by normally good Christian people. The same as by any other high profile murder case, bombing, etc.

If one is to look to the bible for answers, Jesus himself said “Judge, as you would like to be judged” basically because one never knows what brought a man or woman to do what he or she does.

Going back a few years I remember a man, a mass murderer, named Gary Gilmore. This man ruthlessly killed a whole grip of people and was by his own request sentenced to death by a firing squad. 8:00 am, January 17, 1977, volunteers manned the firing squad and I remember at the time I too made comment “ask me, I’ll do it”

Later I read that Gary’s mother, a very Christian lady, claimed that when Gary was a baby she had once called a priest or minister for the child because she saw demons hovering above his crib.

What a thought

Now lets look to the bible. Somewhere in those pages is the story of Job. To make things kind of simple, he was kind of a regular guy, a bit well to do. Respected in his community. Family, kids, friends, sheep, cows, whatever.

Now it seems like God said something like “My servant Job, kool kind of guy, I like him” Ok it’s not a direct quote but it gets the point across. Anyway, the evil one approached God and said to Him “Ya, Kool Guy, That’s cause you give him every thing there stinken is. Mess him around a bit and I bet he’ll curse you.”

Catch the drift.

God: “Kool Christians I have here, Forgiving, sharing, nice to one another, they say hi”

Satin: “Forgiving, I bet if they had a guy that killed a grip of people in there midst they wouldn’t be so forgiving and Nice Wouldn’t say hi either. Wait until they disagree.”

Good morning Gary, You’ve just been born.

Not saying that that’s the way it is or was, but maybe it’s the way it could have been. I just can’t call it.

Now what’s this about judge, as you would like to be judged.
And maybe the most merciful thing for Gary was to send him back to his maker after a life of torment.

Yours,

Lets call me Chuck

I don't like anonymous

Rie,

As a "friend" of Brothers you didn't pay real close attention to the case. Both pros. and defense calculations showed Brothers could have made the whole trip at an average of 70 mph and still have something like 14 hours to sleep and whatever. It was a brand new car basically. I'm sure the car's manufacturer will say the car can run from Ohio to California and back . There is no car on the market that could not make the trip. Get real. Stop believing in fantasies. On the trip the issue was the time of death. If they were not killed on Sunday then the time Brothers would have to drive is much faster to get back to Ohio. The defense had a lot of "experts." One said he could not rule out robbery even thought there was money on a table and nothing was taken. The jury weighted that fact against the possibility of a "staged" robbery and dismissed the defense's expert. Several defense experts were dismissed by the jury though apparently not by you.

IMHO they got the right person. Brothers put up no real defense and just spun his wheels. People complain about the amount of time the jury took to make its decision, but I think they took too long. You know, during the trial, the only people who said they saw Brothers during the time of the murders were the witnesses in Bakersfield. He didn't produce one person to confirm his alibi. Not even his own brother or the frat brother he said he met. And of course theres the accident in Ohio.  Brother's defense was a joke. He's where he belongs- on death row.

That jury was selected by two sides. 

Rie

  You say he was a wonderful administrator but you ignore tha fact that he was a terrible father and husband. His own daughter, his only surviving child hates him. His surviving ex-wife said he closed both her eyes with his punches. He slept with a lot of his subordiantes and even some of his superiors. Am I missing the part where this is a wonderful guy.

 Now all that doesn't make him a murderer- the facts of the case make him a murderer. But these facts hardly make him a wonderful guy. Could it be he had a professional image and a personal life that involved two very different Vincent Brothers? You saw what he wanted you to see- be glad you never saw the side his wives saw. Remember, Joannie told her best friend Vincent was "crazy" and she feared for her life. I bet she knew her husband a little better than you did and she didn't say he was "wonderful."

Though the justice system has seemed to work out for the best where Vincent Brothers is concerned.  That doesn't mean that the 'justice system' doesn't need fixing itself.  For though it takes an extremely wicked and evil man to do what Vincent Brothers has now been convicted of, (with the cold-blooded killing of three innocent and helpless children, their mother and grandmother)  It takes an equally wicked and evil justice system to have to debate whether a crime so heinous as this is deserving of the death penalty or not.  Was the justice system fair and did it work for the best? Yes...THIS TIME...however as the old addage goes..."Even a broken clock is right twice a day"

        & nbsp;       &n bsp;       &nb sp;       &nbs p;         ;                 & nbsp;       &n bsp;       &nb sp;       &nbs p;    - Kenneth Hernandez, Bakersfield

Though the justice system has seemed to work out for the best where Vincent Brothers is concerned, that doesn't mean that the 'justice system' doesn't need fixing itself.  For though it takes an extremely wicked and evil man to do what Vincent Brothers has now been convicted of, (with the cold-blooded killing of three innocent and helpless children, their mother and grandmother)  It takes an equally wicked and evil justice system to have to debate whether a crime so heinous as this is deserving of the death penalty or not.  Was the justice system fair and did it work for the best? Yes...THIS TIME...however as the old addage goes..."Even a broken clock is right twice a day!"  To quote well-known Pastor and public speaker Bob Enyart out of Denver Colorado, "It used to be a Justice System, now it's just a system"!

        & nbsp;       &n bsp;       &nb sp;       &nbs p;         ;             Kenny Hernandez - Bakersfield, Ca.

Though the justice system has seemed to work out for the best where Vincent Brothers is concerned, that doesn't mean that the 'justice system' doesn't need fixing itself.  For though it takes an extremely wicked and evil man to do what Vincent Brothers has now been convicted of, (with the cold-blooded killing of three innocent and helpless children, their mother and grandmother)  It takes an equally wicked and evil justice system to have to debate whether a crime so heinous as this is deserving of the death penalty or not.  Was the justice system fair and did it work for the best? Yes...THIS TIME...however as the old addage goes..."Even a broken clock is right twice a day!"  To quote well-known Pastor and public speaker Bob Enyart out of Denver Colorado, "It used to be a Justice System, now it's just a system"!

        & nbsp;       &n bsp;       &nb sp;       &nbs p;         ;             Kenny Hernandez - Bakersfield, Ca.

You posters who believe this verdict is racist and not based on evidence have your heads in the sand.

Jurors in this case and others in this county take their oath very seriously. I have covered courts for more than 25 years here and I have yet to see a case where jurors rendered a guilty verdict which was not supported by the evidence.

What I have seen are jurors who vote not guilty for invalid reasons, usually on 11-1 votes.

Furthermore, jurors identify with defendants who have solid work backgrounds such as Brothers. It takes compelling evidence to render a verdict jurors know will seriously harm someone who was a productive citizen.

The posters who make these assertions -- all anonymous on this blog -- are ignorant , have no facts to back up their assertions and don't  have the fortitude to put a name with their beliefs.

So knock it off. You are betraying your own prejudices, not those of anyone else.

This is out of control and should be monitored far better.  A whole lot of anonymous swagger - way out of line.  Who wouldn't duck out after being called so many names by such ignoramosis (so shoot for not being able to spell.)  Ladysandee had an opinion.  An opinion, btw, that outside of this blog is shared by nearly 80% of Californian respondants.  If that bothers you so much there are 39 other Counties you could move to anytime.  The fact that you haven't been able to make enough of yourselves to afford to live where you'd seemingly prefer, doesn't mean we have to be glad to have you here.