As the jury’s verdict was read aloud, Karl Holmes and Lorenzo Newborn smirked as they exchanged glances. Holmes and Newborn along with their co-defendant Herbert McClain had already been found guilty for their roles in the murders of three boys who had been trick-or-treating on Halloween night in 1993. All that remained was for them to learn their fate.
The jury had returned a recommendation of death. Perhaps the two men were masking their shock and disappointment, or perhaps they really didn’t care. Either way, their reaction was not what you would typically expect after learning such grave news.
Then again, the trial of the three Pasadena California P9 Blood gang members had been so marred by disruptive outbursts and profane threats to the judge, jury, and prosecutors that the reactions of Holmes and Newborn begi…
