Idaho Killer Gets 6 More Life Sentences

Three and a half years after Joseph Edward Duncan III killed three people so that he could kidnap two Idaho children, he has received his final sentences in state and federal court. Duncan was given three life sentences in state court and three more in federal court on the same day.

Duncan is already facing the death penalty for the torture and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene.

In state court, Duncan was given three life sentences for the murders of Brenda Groene, her 13-year-old son Slate and her fiance, Mark McKenzie. In federal court, Duncan received three life sentences for kidnapping Shasta Groene and for sexually assaulting her and her brother Dylan.

"By any stretch of the imagination, your rampage ... exceeded the bounds of human understanding," U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge told Duncan. "These crimes ... were unfathomable, cruel and sadistic."

When given the opportunity, Duncan expressed no remorse for his crimes at the sentencing hearing, which was attended by Shasta's father Steven Groene and several members of the federal jury which sentenced Duncan to death.

See Also:
Idaho Killer Duncan Gets 6 Additional Life Terms

Background:
The Trial of Joseph Edward Duncan

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