Predator cuts off ankle monitor, rapes 10 year old, kills her mother

[HairOfTheDog]

The POS pleaded guilty today, in hopes of avoiding the death penalty...



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David Renz has been promised a lifetime in prison after admitting today to the murder of Liverpool school librarian Lori Bresnahan and the sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl.

But that plea could be withdrawn if federal prosecutors decide to seek the death penalty against Renz for the fatal carjacking, said County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller.

Renz, 29, admitted sexually assaulting the girl after using a knife to cut off her clothing. He also admitted stabbing Bresnahan multiple times and attempting to strangle her.

Renz said in a prepared statement he did not know what caused him to commit such savagery.

"I'm truly sorry for my actions and I'm prepared to accept the consequences for them," Renz said.

Renz pleaded guilty this morning to first-degree murder and predatory sexual assault against a child. He was promised a sentence of life in prison without parole on the murder conviction and 25 years to life as a sex offender for the assault charge.

Both sentences will run concurrently, or at the same time, Miller said.

"Under this agreement, you would never be released from prison," the judge told Renz.

One motivation for Renz to plead guilty was the hope that it would get federal prosecutors to back off on possibly pursuing the death penalty (on federal carjacking charges), said Federal Public Defender Lisa Peebles, who was in court for the plea.

"It was a big reason why he pled," Peebles said. "There were other reasons too - he wanted closure. But we felt this was the best way to avoid the death penalty."

Full story:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2...ction.html

[HairOfTheDog]

RENZ GETS IN LIFE IN PRISON AND MORE SOCIALIZATION IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS PLEA

This case has really stuck with me -- so brutal and so preventible -- too many system errors made it too easy for Renz to butcher a mother and rape her little girl.

There's no death penalty in New York state, but federal prosecutors threatened to charge the POS with federal crimes and seek the death penalty, so Renz took a plea deal and confessed all. In return, the death penalty was taken off the table and he gets to be in a prison unit where he has contact with some other inmates (he'd been held in a cell by himself up til now). Sentencing was handed down yesterday.

According to reports, after Renz was arrested, the other inmates constantly harassed him and punched him in the nose because of the nature of his crimes (and possibly because of his appearance, as well).

I wish he'd gotten no consideration whatsoever, but do understand the benefits of avoiding a long costly trial and sparing the little girl from having to relive the nightmare. I hope she's doing okay.

Pictured below is the girl's mom, Lori Brenahan. May she rest in peace . Renz stabbed mom to death in her car as she tried to protect her little girl from being raped by the convicted pedophile (who'd removed his ankle bracelet and triggered an alarm which was not followed-up on).



Ref:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2..._unit.html