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Teen Sentenced To Life For Ensley Burning Death
May 7, 2013
An Escambia County woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2010 fatal beating and burning of a 19-year old woman.
Britnee Miller, 19, was given life without parole by Judge Gary Bergosh after her plea to first degree murder and kidnapping in the death of 19-year old Audreanna Zimmerman in March 2010. Zimmerman was beaten and burned in an Ensley field; she died 16 days after the attack. .
Miller’s mother, Tina Brown, was sentenced to death in the case, and Heather Lee was given a reduced sentence of 25 years on a second degree murder charge and testifying against Brown.
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14 Responses to “Teen Sentenced To Life For Ensley Burning Death”
I agree 100% with Jimbo.
Hiding punishment behind cement block walls has not deterred any illegal activity.
Because the public has not witnessed any punishments for crimes when they go to the big house and disappear.
REGARDING:
“David……in this case?”
In this case, she may have some convince the courts she was too young to be fully aware of what she was doing so they might cut her sentence and turn her loose on some other poor soul.
At some point she will probably claim to have become a Christian and various religious groups will want her released since she’s new-born.
She appears to be mostly black so there are organizations who will claim her sentence was too harsh based on her race rather than the nature of her crime.
(You DO understand some people are simply crazy don’t you? They will defend any act if they consider the person one of their own — a sister, a woman, a professed Christian. Further, they don’t care what they have done because they say, “What’s done is done and none of you have a right to judge her.” This is also silly, but also a daily event.)
And she WILL learn to act repentant convincingly. Truth is, she may eventually come to repent, not because of the punishment she has received but because she may eventually realize the horror of her actions.
It would be nice if we could tell the truth of her conversion/change.
Nice if we could convince her the truth.
Nice if we could recognize the mind-set before and stop such crimes from happening in the first place.
David for better people
@ David……in this case?
She should have gotten death. Disgusted that my tax dollars will be paying to keep her alive…
REGARDING:
“David, we can cure evil. It’s easy. Bring back the gallows and the public executions.”
Nah, we’ve never cured evil.
It keeps cropping up all over.
Evil existed during the time of gallows and public executions, so it obviously didn’t cure it.
David for truth
REGARDING:
“This is just a thought……IF a person is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with NO chance of parole…..why not just give them the death penalty? Is there a chance for more appeals on death-row or something that I am missing?”
There is always a chance of having the conviction and/or sentence overturned. Sometimes errors are found in the initial trial, witnesses say afterward they lied, evidence is lost or found, the defendant had an ineffective counsel. Sometimes lawyers and judges are shown to have suppressed evidence which would have freed the defendant.
The Supreme Court may change the ground rules by deciding society’s “evolving standards” no longer allow for the death penalty. Sometimes they even argue cruel and unusual punishment for taking so long to execute. Some argue unequal treatment under the law because a disproportionate racial or ethnic group winds up being sentenced.
State legislatures throw out capital punishment due to conscience or pressure from assorted groups or even to save the cost of all the Constitutionally guaranteed appeals.
Governors and even the President sometimes pardon convicts. Parole boards decide the convict is too old and sick to be worth keeping in prison any more so they decide to release them.
That’s why.
David for perfect justice
David, we can cure evil. It’s easy. Bring back the gallows and the public executions. Why make anonymous the intended effect of capitol punishment? It’s about time to instill in the animal ranks, the remedies to animal behaviour. If you’re not fed up by now with all this foolishness, you never will be. Is anyone beside myself fed up with all this pandering to felons?
This is just a thought……IF a person is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with NO chance of parole…..why not just give them the death penalty? Is there a chance for more appeals on death-row or something that I am missing? My point being that they will never become a productive member of society and will cost the state x amount of dollars to house and feed…..or is it cheaper to keep them penned up?
Rick,
Tell us what happened with the one Judge Bergosh had restored to probation or parole or whatever after overturning the other judge’s sentence and ignoring previous violations.
I read he told him he could sentence him to 67 years but might just give him the 20 the previous judge deemed appropriate.
I’m not being snide, actually don’t know. I DO know that is the reason we distrust him in his judgement. In fact, what if this lady had done other crimes ere this awful deed and was just given a series of warnings?
What if she repaid mercy with murder?
David for not causing nightmares
WHAT could have been worth spending the rest of your life in prison?
What did she accomplish by joining in this horrible act?
What did she prove?
19 years old with now perpetual health and medical care, housing, clothing, feeding at the cost of the life of another person and the pockets of taxpayers.
Just dumb for her to do.
I wish we could cure evil
Then we could safely release her on the general population again
Where are all the people so ready to blame Judge Bergosh for being so lenient? Life Without Parole is no joke!
Why not give her the sentence the victim got?
Don’t despair Britt, you gonna be with your moma again, sooner or later.