Richard Laird was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of a man. According to court documents Richard Laird and Frank Chester would leave a bar with the victim Anthony Milano. Milano body would be found the next day beaten to death. Both men would be arrested and at trial would blame each other however both would be convicted and sentenced to death. Frank Chester would later be resentenced to life in prison
Richard Laird 2021 Information
Parole Number: 5356V
Age: 58
Date of Birth: 09/07/1963
Race/Ethnicity: WHITE
Height: 6′ 01″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: LIGHT
Current Location: PHOENIX
Permanent Location: PHOENIX
Committing County: BUCKS
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Richard Laird and co-defendant, Frank Chester, met the victim, Anthony Milano, in a bar in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, and all three men left in Milano’s car shortly after the bar closed.
Milano’s bloodied body was discovered in a wooded area the next evening. His skull had been fractured by a blunt instrument, and his throat and head had numerous lacerations. Some of the wounds had been inflicted with such force, and were sufficiently deep, that they resulted in severing two of Milano’s vertebrae. His neck had been lacerated with such force that he was almost decapitated.
Laird and Chester were jointly tried for Milano’s murder. During their trial, both defendants took the witness stand and admitted being present when Milano was killed. However, they each denied intending to kill Milano and insisted that the other had inflicted the fatal wounds. The jury convicted both Laird and Chester of murder in the first, second and third degrees as well as kidnaping, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, conspiracy, and possession of an instrument of crime.3 At the conclusion of the ensuing penalty phase, the jury sentenced both Laird and Chester to death, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court subsequently affirmed both convictions in a single opinion.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/414/419/622138/