What was Jesse James Hollywoods verdict in his murder & kidnapping trial?”
A Santa Barbara today jury found Jesse James Hollywood guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping for ordering the slaying of Nicholas Markowitz. The jury concluded that Hollywood was the ringleader of a group of mostly teenage suburban drug users who, when trying to collect a $1,200 debt from Ben Markowitz, kidnapped and later killed his younger stepbrother, Nicholas. After holding the 15-year-old for a few days, Hollywood decided he didn’t want to face charges related to the abduction; planning he’d never be found, Nicholas was walked into a park, shot and buried. Hollywood himself was not at the scene when the murder occurred. If the crime sounds familiar, that’s because it was the basis for the 2006 film “Alpha Dog,” starring Emile Hirsch as the Hollywood-esque character and Justin Timberlake. This was the fourth trial in the case. Each of the other defendants has been convicted; one has been released after serving time, another has been sentenced to life in prison, and the man w
A Santa Barbara today jury found Jesse James Hollywood guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping for ordering the slaying of Nicholas Markowitz. The jury concluded that Hollywood was the ringleader of a group of mostly teenage suburban drug users who, when trying to collect a $1,200 debt from Ben Markowitz, kidnapped and later killed his younger stepbrother, Nicholas. After holding the 15-year-old for a few days, Hollywood decided he didn’t want to face charges related to the abduction; planning he’d never be found, Nicholas was walked into a park, shot and buried. Hollywood himself was not at the scene when the murder occurred.
A Santa Barbara today jury found Jesse James Hollywood guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping for ordering the slaying of Nicholas Markowitz. The jury concluded that Hollywood was the ringleader of a group of mostly teenage suburban drug users who, when trying to collect a $1,200 debt from Ben Markowitz, kidnapped and later killed his younger stepbrother, Nicholas. After holding the 15-year-old for a few days, Hollywood decided he didn’t want to face charges related to the abduction; planning he’d never be found, Nicholas was walked into a park, shot and buried. Hollywood himself was not at the scene when the murder occurred. If the crime sounds familiar, that’s because it was the basis for the 2006 film “Alpha Dog,” starring Emile Hirsch as the Hollywood-esque character and Justin Timberlake.
