1. Intense media exposure coverage

2. A VERY aggressive, persuasive prosecutor, hard chargers like BENZ-LGB who knows the law and persuade a judge and jury well to get a conviction and harsh sentence

3. LOUD and AGRESSIVE victims rights groups who are media savvy, understand the system the process,how the Criminal Justice system works, who can get face to face meetings with the Judge and Prosecutor to make their case, and can get victims and friends WRITTEN statements incorporated into the PRESENTENCE REPORT, which the Judge ALWAYS reads and considered. They carry a LOT more weight than individual letters, emails, and other communications that the Judge often never even reads at all.

4. Victims, friends and rights groups attending ALL court hearings, especially the sentencing. (But note, at sentencing, by then the Judge has usually made up his mind already as to the sentence.) The written presentence report is the crucial thing though.

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