Regardless of the haste in which he made the decision, he murdered- He chose to kill them. “He chose to take not one, but two human lives in an attempt of revenge of his opinion that he was more qualified for a promotion. Nelson’s actions were deliberate, Ty Thompson said. Instead, he said Nelson decided killing was more appropriate than pursuing a goal. Nelson could have channeled his frustration of being passed up for a promotion and improved his performance at work, Thompson’s brother, Ty Thompson, wrote in his victim impact statement. “(Gascon’s) so-called reforms embrace the perpetrators of violent crimes while dismissing the plight of victims and their families,” Robert Shirley said, adding that life in prison without parole wasn’t the sentence they hoped for.
Gascon also came to Nelson’s rescue, he said. He said Nelson’s death sentence was overturned on a technicality. For your cowardly actions you deserve to die,” Robert Shirley said. So you went back, reached in, put the gun against her forehead and blew her brain out. “But you then heard Robin gurgling and gasping. He said Nelson shot his wife and Thompson in cold blood like a coward, then turned and walked away.
“You robbed her of everything, every dream, every ambition, everything she hoped for in her short life.” You took away so much from us, but you also took everything away from Robin,” he said. “All we have left are our memories and we hold them dear to our hearts. He said his wife missed her children growing up, the birth of her grandchildren and wasn’t there to hold her mother’s hand when she died. He said his children were six and 10 when Nelson robbed them of their mother. Robin Shirley’s husband, Robert, spoke at Tuesday’s sentencing in Pomona Superior Court. “The families feel abandoned by Gascon and believe his policies violate the law,” she said.
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