Four reputed gang members — some of whom were convicted in the killing of a man during a robbery at a lookout along Angeles Crest Highway and others for the shooting deaths of two people inside a parked car during an attempted hold-up at a Rancho Palos Verdes lookout two days later — were sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, while a fifth was sentenced to 30 years to life.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen called the killings “casual slaughter,” and told the five that they “showed no mercy” and will receive “no mercy.”
“These defendants deserve the maximum term in state prison,” the judge said after hearing a series of emotional statements from more than a dozen of the victims’ family members and friends…