Serving Whitman County since 1877

Gordon Forgey

Judge David Frazier would have nothing of it when presented with a plea bargain in the Daniel Lazcano case.

Lazcano, as you will remember, was twice tried for the murder of Marcus Schur.

Twice, jurors could not arrive at a verdict and both trials ended in a hung jury.

Daniel Lazcano was the suspected shooter in Schur’s death. Yet, Daniel’s brother, Frank, complicit in the incident and coverup, has already been sentenced to 25 years for felony murder.

The plea bargain for Daniel presented last week involved him pleading guilty to the shooting. The proposed sentence was a mere 27 months.

To his...

 

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