12-03-2013, 04:21 PM
(12-03-2013, 04:10 PM)Older Than Dirt Wrote: I am soo sick. How could this be.
It's sickening that they have a chance for parole. I agree, OTD.
While I agree that they both deserve harsher sentencing, I understand why prosecutors chose the route they did.
Without a confession and the location of the body provided to them by King under a plea deal, prosecutors would have had a hard time getting an indictment, much less a conviction, against him (or Angela).
As for Angela, I suspect she got a sweet deal after King's confession to avoid the time and expense of a trial - during which she would likely have pointed the finger at King as the sole killer of her daughter and someone who victimized and threatened Angela as well. That's the story her stepfather was pushing on her behalf for months. She could have been acquitted using such a strategy. Too risky for prosecutors.
Neither one of these two scumbags will leave prison for at least 18 years, probably longer. If Terry Steinfurth Sr. and TJ stay active and appear at parole hearings to petition against them being released, they might not ever get out.