Sarah Karp criticized the verdict Wednesday in the case of her husband Arik's slaying in 2009. “I'm in shock. If this isn't considered murder, what is?” she said, after three young men who beat her husband to death were found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder.
“They murdered an innocent man before my eyes, they lynched him,” said Sarah Karp, who was present, along with a daughter, when her husband was killed. “This is a murder case. They did not leave him alone until they had murdered him. That's not murder?”
Attorney Dana Fogetz, who worked with the Karp family during the trial, said, “The crime of murder has been erased from out books of laws. In recent years the definition of 'murder' has shrunk to the point where we can't bring a person who attacked an innocent older man with indescribable violence, ending his life, to justice.”
“They murdered an innocent man before my eyes, they lynched him,” said Sarah Karp, who was present, along with a daughter, when her husband was killed. “This is a murder case. They did not leave him alone until they had murdered him. That's not murder?”
Attorney Dana Fogetz, who worked with the Karp family during the trial, said, “The crime of murder has been erased from out books of laws. In recent years the definition of 'murder' has shrunk to the point where we can't bring a person who attacked an innocent older man with indescribable violence, ending his life, to justice.”