The convicted murderer of longtime Capital Public Radio executive Charles Starzynski was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by a Sacramento Superior Court judge at a hearing on Friday (April 10). Starzynski, who spent two decades at CapRadio as a program director, producer, reporter and announcer on classical station KXPR Sacramento (88.9), was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in October 2022.
In his ruling, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Sweet also found allegations that the defendant, DeSean Leon Brasser Jr., used great violence and engaged in violent conduct when he ambushed Starzynski — in what Sweet called “an extremely callous act” — to be true, according to a report in the Sacramento Bee.
“Mr. Starzynski didn’t know it was coming. He didn’t even know it was happening,” Sweet said. “For whatever reason — probably because he could — (Brasser) shot Mr. Starzynski, a 70-year-old man, who offered little or no resistance.”…