On
this date, January 21, 2009, a Neo Nazi from Brockton, Massachusetts, murdered
two Cape Verdean immigrants. I will post the information about him from several
sources.
Keith
Luke, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a Podblanc user who, in 2009 at the age
of 22, allegedly shot to death two Cape Verdean immigrants and attempted to
murder a third, whom he also raped. He had planned to "kill as many
nonwhites as possible" and finish off the killing spree at a synagogue's
bingo night. Luke's lawyer hired nationally-known psychiatrist Keith Ablow to
conduct a mental health evaluation, which led to Luke assaulting Ablow. In 2013
he was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole. Luke had
told police that he developed his white supremacist views largely by reading
internet site such as Podblanc. (SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podblanc)
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html
White supremacist LAUGHS at his victim in court as she testifies about how he 'brutally raped and shot her before killing her roommate and a 71-year-old man'
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diabolical white supremacist laughed at a 21-year-old woman who bravely took
the witness stand to testify about how he raped her, shot her five times and
then killed her roommate and a 71-year-old man in 2009.
Jurors,
reporters and courtroom observers wept on Wednesday as the diminutive woman
described how Keith Luke forced his way into her apartment in Brockton,
Massachusetts, and violently assaulted her and then shot her in the head, the
chest and both arms as she clutched her teddy bear for comfort.
Luke
smiled and laughed at his alleged victim as she calmly told her her harrowing
ordeal.
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Cruel laughter: Keith Luke sneered and
laughed out loud as the woman he is accused of brutally raping testified on
Wednesday (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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Accused: The woman described how Luke tried
to inject her with an unknown substance until her roommate came home and
interrupted the sexual assault (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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For more video on this story,
please go to WBZ
The
woman survived only by pretending to be dead so that Luke would leave. She felt
certain that she was going to die, the Brockton Enterprise reports.
Luke
is accused of breaking to the woman's apartment on January 21, 2009 after her
roommate, Selma Goncalves, rejected her offer to go out with him.
Selma,
20, came home in the middle of Luke raping her roommate. He opened fire and
shot her three times in the back.
She
was dead when police arrived. As he fled the scene, he stopped and shot Arlindo
Goncalves, 72 - no relation to Selma - as he walked down the sidewalk. The
single gunshot wound to the head killed the elderly man, authorities say.
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Authorities allege Luke gunned down Selma
Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Goncalves, 72, who are not related, and shot another
woman, who he brutally raped (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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Authorities allege Luke gunned down Selma
Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Goncalves, 72, who are not related, and shot another
woman, who he brutally raped (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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Horrific: Luke appeared in court in May 2009
with a swastika carved into his forehead. He claimed the killings were racially
motivated (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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Luke
has a history of grabbing attention in horrifying ways during his court
appearances. In May 2009, he appeared for a hearing with a swastika carved into
his forehead.
He
has smiled and laughed several times during his trial as witnesses testified
about the horrifying evidence against him.
Luke's
victim said that as he raped her, he told her to wipe white powder - possibly
drugs from his mouth. He later pulled out a syringe and threatened to plunge it
into her arm, she testified.
'He
smelled horrible. He stank,' she said.
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Luke fled in a van after the January 21
attacks and was taken into custody moments later (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html)
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In
the midst of the sexual assault, Selma Goncalves came home. Luke seemed 'really
happy' that Goncalves - who had previously rejected his romantic overtures -
had arrived.
'He
ran into the kitchen. I heard four shots, then he turned and started shooting
at me,' the woman testified.
Luke
returned to the woman he had just raped and shot her five times as she clutched
a giant teddy bear.
She
broke into tears and hugged the large bear when she saw it in court on
Wednesday, wrapped in an evidence bag.
'When
he shot me in the head, I hugged tight my teddy bear … It was so many shots,'
she said.
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The
Brockton neo-Nazi who raped a woman, murdered her sister and shot an elderly
homeless man to death shows why Massachusetts needs the death penalty, said
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
“Keith
Luke … got a significant sentence today, but he really did not get the sentence
he deserved,” Cruz told the Herald yesterday
after Luke received two life sentences for the murders and 210 years for armed
assault with intent to murder, aggravated rape, kidnapping, home invasion and a
series of gun charges.
“We
deserve in Massachusetts to have state prosecutors have the ability to apply a
death penalty in certain limited situations,” Cruz said.
Luke, 26,
was convicted of the January 2009 rampage that started when he barged into the
home of a former neighbor, repeatedly raping her, shooting her, and then
killing her sister, Selma Goncalves, when she interrupted his assault. As Luke
fled that day, he shot and killed Arlindo Goncalves, no relation to Selma,
before opening fire on Brockton police as they chased him.
Cruz said
criminals such as Luke who carry out the most outrageous crimes and plan more
demand that prosecutors have the ultimate punishment at their disposal.
“I
think when you are a serial killer, when you are a predator, you need to face
the most serious penalty you can face. That, of course, is the death penalty,” Cruz said. “It fits the
parameters of that, in that he was a serial killer, killing more than one
person. I think that is a very serious offense, not only killing those people
in this instance, but the plan that night was to go to the temple on the other
side of Brockton and kill a bunch of Jewish individuals who were going to
bingo. It could have happened, but for the fact of the brave people in the city
and the Brockton police officers who stopped him that day when he was trying to
get through.”
The woman
Luke bound, raped and shot in the head — who played dead to escape his wrath —
testified against him and read a statement yesterday in court.
“I will
never hug, kiss, nor talk to my sister again. My sister Selma will never
graduate from college. My sister Selma will never have children. She will never
marry. She will never have a family of her own,” she said. “There are no words
to describe the evil monster that destroyed the lives of so many innocent
people.”
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x2038011423/Luke-trial-renews-death-penalty-debate#axzz2V2zi1p8X
Luke trial renews death penalty debate
By Erin Shannon
Posted
Jun 01, 2013 @ 06:00 AM
BROCKTON
—
Luke,
26, was sentenced on Thursday to two consecutive life sentences without parole
for two murders – and 158 years for other convictions – for his 2009 rampage of
hate that left two people dead and a third victim severely injured.
But
is that enough?
Plymouth
County District Attorney Timothy Cruz doesn’t think so. He says Luke’s case
justifies the death penalty.
“I
think he earned it and deserved it and unfortunately he didn’t get it,” Cruz
told The Enterprise on Friday.
Luke,
who did not testify at his trial, was found guilty of murder in first degree by
premeditation, murder by deliberate premeditation, five counts of armed assault
with intent to murder, armed home invasion, armed kidnapping with sexual
assault, two counts of aggravated rape, indecent assault and battery on person
14 and over, and unlawful possession of a firearm and of ammunition. He was
found not guilty of armed assault with intent to murder.
State
Rep. Christine Canavan, D-Brockton, said she has voted in support of the death
penalty since she took office in 1993. She agreed with Cruz.
“If
there was somebody that was so unbelievably evil, violent and dangerous like
him, then they would deserve it,” said Canavan. “What he did was savage. He
would be a good candidate for it.”
Cruz
said that there should be circumstances involving serial killers or multiple
murders in which a jury could decide on the death penalty.
“I
believe when you are dealing with people like Luke who behave in that fashion
in our civilized society, state prosecutors should have the opportunity, in
limited circumstances, to seek the ultimate penalty,” said Cruz.
He
proposed a system in which there would be a regular trial to prove guilt beyond
a reasonable doubt – followed by a second penalty-phase trial in which, to
consider capital punishment, the individual would have to convicted beyond all
doubt through statements from the defendant or forensic evidence.
“Ultimately
it would be up to the jury,” said Cruz. “Right now we don’t have that ability
for any crimes unless they fall into federal parameters.”
Juror
No. 11 Phil Shannon, of Carver, said Luke deserved the ultimate punishment.
“If
it was up to me, I would give him the death penalty,” said Shannon.
The
district attorney said Luke now poses a risk to prisoners and corrections
officers.
“He
is a racist sexual predator and serial killer who stated that he enjoyed doing
this and had no remorse and would probably do this again if he has the
opportunity,” Cruz said.
Cruz
said he hopes to see a measure to have the death penalty in certain cases on a
ballot for voters to decide.
“I
think the (death penalty) would have been the just result for Luke in this
case,” he said.
Erin
Shannon may be reached at eshannon@enterprisenews.com
or follow on Twitter @Erin_Enterprise.
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