The life in prison sentence for the man who slashed a Bears fan's throat at a bar in Jacksonville, Florida in the fall of 2012 -- just handed down this week.
Somehow I missed this story when it first came out ... and I'm sure that the supposed closure with this stage of the trial does little to the widow and children that were left behind (our thoughts and prayers are with them)...but at least this part of the process has ended. Hopefully the slasher, whose defense was based on PTSD and alcoholism after his stint in the Navy, can get whatever treatment he needs behind bars ... but behind bars is where it sounds like he should be, based on the randomness of the act of violence he perpetrated.
I will admit that I'll treat it as a personal cautionary tale, seeing as how I'm less than three weeks away from being a Chicago transplant in what I'm learning is one of the craziest states of the nation ... just sayin' ...
THIS WEEKEND'S NEWS:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-bears-fan-murder-sentencing-20140110,0,119569.story
THE ORIGINAL STORY IN 2012:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-10/news/ct-met-bears-fan-killed-1010-20121010_1_bar-albany-park-neighborhood-bears-fan
THE BEARS PLAYERS' RESPONSE:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-funeral-held-for-slain-bears-fan-bears-player-launches-fundraising-effort-20121012,0,4631991.story
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