Final Defendant in Asian Boyz Gang Gets Life Term
Four years after a bloody crime rampage by the Asian Boyz gang in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, the last of the accused was sentenced to a lifetime in prison Tuesday.
As the six other gang members before him, Son Than Bui did not speak in his defense or declare remorse before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp sentenced him to six life terms without the possibility of parole, eight life terms that allow for parole after 15 years and 41 additional years for gun allegations.
During the hearing, Schempp credited the lawyers with saving the lives of the gang members.
Prosecutors had sought death for five of the defendants, but a jury could not reach verdicts in one murder, and later could not agree on life in prison or death for the remaining defendants.
Bui, 22, was convicted of the most crimes of all the defendants. A jury found he was responsible for six murders and eight attempted murders.
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