Dad faces death penalty for throwing his four kids off bridge and killing them (Montgomery, Alabama)

The convicted killer dad is LAM LUONG. Notice that that he was equally cold-blooded in killing his own three biological kids and one step child. The fathers rights people will tell you that daddies have a more special relationship, but frankly, cold-blooded killers are cold-blooded killers. DNA ties don't stop these guys.

http://www.ktvn.com/story/24979687/alabama-man-faces-death-again-for-child-killings

Alabama man faces death again for child killings

Posted: Mar 14, 2014 4:52 PM EDT

Updated: Mar 14, 2014 5:06 PM EDT

By PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man is again facing execution for throwing four children off a bridge to their deaths.

Last year, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Lam Luong's capital murder convictions for the children's 2008 deaths, saying pretrial publicity was prejudicial and that the trial court erred in denying defense attorneys funds to travel to Vietnam.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Friday that the lower court decision was wrong. Defense attorney Cassandra Stubbs said she will probably ask the court to reconsider.

"No meaningful steps were taken to make sure he got a fair trial," she said.

State Attorney General Luther Strange praised the court's ruling.

"We have maintained that Luong received a fair trial, and we are thankful that the court heard our arguments and has ordered that his conviction and sentence will stand," he said.

Luong, a Vietnamese immigrant, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2009 for driving the four children to the Dauphin Island Bridge in Mobile County on Jan. 7, 2008, and throwing the four children into the Mississippi Sound about 100 feet below.

Three of the four children were Luong's, while the other was his wife's from a previous relationship who had been treated by Luong like his own child, according to testimony during his murder trial.

The bodies of the four - Ryan Phan, 3, Hannah Luong, 2, Lindsey Luong, 1, and Danny Luong, 4 months - were later recovered along the coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Hannah's body was found 144 miles from the bridge.

Their mother, Kieu Phan, testified that the couple's relationship had soured and that her unemployed husband had been using crack and seeing a girlfriend.

The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction a year ago, ruling that pretrial publicity in Mobile was presumptively prejudicial and that the trial court erred in denying defense attorneys funds to travel to Vietnam. That could have led to a new trial in a new location if the decision had been upheld by the Supreme Court.

Writing for the majority of the Supreme Court, Justice Lyn Stuart said, "A review of the record simply does not support a finding that the content of the media coverage incited anger, revulsion and indignation to the degree that jurors chosen from citizens of Mobile County could not determine Luong's guilt or innocence based solely on the evidence presented at trial."

She also wrote that Luong's attorneys did not provide specific information concerning Luong's childhood that would indicate a state-paid trip to Vietnam would yield important evidence.

In dissent, Justice Tom Parker said, "The media coverage in this case was extensive and sensational."

In another dissent, Justice Glen Murdock remarked, "It is hard to imagine a case involving more extensive and more prejudicial publicity or a case that would more readily warrant a conclusion of presumed prejudice."

Joining Parker and Murdock in dissent was Justice Jim Main.

Stubbs, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, said, "We think the dissents got it right."

Attorney General Strange, whose staff handled the prosecution's appeal of the lower court's decision, said, "Lam Luong threw his four young children off a bridge to their deaths, and then laughed when he told their mother. This monstrous act rightfully resulted in his capital murder conviction and a sentence of death."

Joining Stuart in the majority were Chief Justice Roy Moore and Justices Mike Bolin, Greg Shaw and Tommy Bryan.

Justice Kelli Wise did not participate because she was a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals when it considered the case.

Dad, son repeatedly raped 14-year-old girl (Binh Phuoc, Vietnam)

You know, sometimes it might be better NOT to have your daddy as a role model. Such is the case with dad NGUYEN VAN MINH. Certainly this poor girl would have been better off. And now the son faces life in prison or the death penalty thanks to Daddy's fine example.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20101004115506.aspx

Father, son repeatedly rape girl
Last updated: 10/4/2010 11:50

Police in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on Sunday arrested a father and son for repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl over the last six years.

In September, doctors discovered the ninth grader was 25 weeks pregnant when she showed up to receive a tetanus vaccination at school. She was underage and didn't receive proper pregnancy care, so the belly wouldn't grow signficantly.

According to police, Nguyen Van Minh, 59, used to rape the girl at her house when her parents were away. Minh told the girl not to tell anyone, making the girl think that it would be embarassing for her.

Minh repeatedly raped the girl until his daughter-in-law, Le Thi Soan, found out and told her husband, Nguyen Van Trung, 31.

Trung immediately tried to rape the girl at her house but failed to force her into it. Then, one day in February, the girl came to his house to borrow some spices. Trung raped her after threatening to tell everyone that she had intercourse with his father.

Minh and Trung have been charged with “child rape”.

In Vietnam, individuals convicted of raping a minor are likely to face life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Dad wanted for attacking pregnant wife with axe, killing 3-year-old child (Gia Lai, Vietnam)

Dad PHAM VU is wanted for an assault on his pregnant wife with an axe (the mother is in severe condition with brain injuries, and also lost the six-month-old fetus). Dad is also wanted for the murder of a 3-year-old child in the home that Dad didn't "acccept." Neighbors say that Dad has a history of dometic violence, and that the wife was "regularly beaten" by her husband. Dad was released from prison earlier this year for attacking the wife's parents. You know, some people should just stay in jail....

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53473

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 23:00:10 Vietnam (GMT+07)

Father wanted for slashing pregnant wife, killing another child

Police in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have put out a warrant for a 29 year old man for slashing a 3-year-old child to death and inflicting brain damage on his pregnant wife, also mother of the killed child.

Tran Phuong Thao Ngan died shortly after being admitted to Gia Lai General Hospital as did the six-month old fetus inside Tran Hoang To Uyen, 22.

Pham Vu, 29, had attacked them with the axe that he used to break the window to enter their home on Monday night.

Preliminary investigations show the door was locked when Vu came home, so he used an axe to break in. Seeing her husband with a weapon, Uyen picked Ngan up and tried to run away but Vu chased after them, slashing Ngan’s head and attacking Uyen as well.

Doctors said Uyen had suffered brain damage from Vu’s blows and was in serious condition. She also had many injuries on her face, neck and hands.

Later, he also chased and attacked his sister-in-law Tran Hoang To Trinh and her friend on seeing them at a food store nearby, before fleeing the area.

Vu was released from prison early this year after a 30-month jail term for attacking his parents-in-law early in 2007.

He has been living with Uyen as husband and wife without a marriage license. The family has two children Nguyen and Ngan, but Vu only accepted Nguyen as his child. Nguyen was also in the house at the time but was spared from the attack.

Local residents said Uyen was beaten regularly by Vu.

Reported by Cao Nguyen