Money speaks louder than justice.

Tell me your money will not move anything on the face of this earth! If you have money and use it see, what you can do. Get out of "jail free card" will probably not free but a well bought friend in the counts.

Mike....

You know she is a liberal how? Oh you just assumed it? Imagine that, you speaking without even the slightest idea of what you're talking about. Why are you so jealous of liberals anyways Mike?

I sure hope the three victims this dude raped are allowed to show up for his re-sentencing. Let them state how this has impacted their lives, so a "fresh" perspective can be brought to the Judge's mind.

It never ceases to amaze me how many folks with plenty of money AND intelligence still insist on throwing their lives away while doing evil onto another.Like folks say, can't fix stupid, neither change an evil heart.Hope this serial rapist gets locked away for a long time, because he will do this again. Gotta be tough being a guy at times, with examples like him floating about, then there's gals. "Who can you trust?"you must wonder so often,wait, I have been there myself. I know, crazy world, this predatory behavior been going on for ages. Just amazing mankind is actually still around!

California courts and the Ninth Circuit Courts, most overturned court system in the nation.

I'm sure a Federal Judge will reinstate the sentence.

I do NOT for one second believe that Dog the bounty hunter caught this man by him self Dog appears to me to be a coward and I find it ridiculous that anyone would think he alone could catch anyone that is not staged so he can look all big and bad..

Liberalism alive and well !

If this story was about a man being convicted of kidnapping his children over a court ruling, this commenter would complain that the darn liberals were just being feminazis. Come to think of it, if this story were about cute puppies, this commenter would probably find a way to blame liberals.

I agree what in the world does this have to do with liberals? I think some have a mental problem and when they have to blame something on someone they blame it on liberals. Have they noticed conservatives lately. They need to do something other than play a blame game! They have really changed the meaning of that word.

Chapman and his team were charged with kidnapping Luster — in Mexico. But they, too, jumped bail

Imagine chapman on the run also, he never mentioned that in any of his TV shows. Mexico needed a "dog" too.

"failed to state the reasons for giving Luster consecutive sentences"

Why is this even WASTING court time? This pervert RAPED three women.... he should be put down like the dog that he is........

Ok, fine, sentence him to 124 years again and TELL him why he is being sentenced consecutively! Problem solved. Society does not need to tolerate people like him on the loose!

California justice. Money talks. Bullchit walks.

I hope he keeps enjoying being on the receiving end of doggie.

at the risk of being labled a racist, or any of the political crap, I say fry his ass.

Hey MSN, how about report on the voter fraud that has taken place in favor of Obama. Oh wait, that's right, you along with the other media jackals bought his candidacy the second time. My bad.

Do tell.

If you think that Obama wasn't elected democratically, what are you going to do about it? Sit there and whine? You are pretty good at that. Somehow I doubt you'll take action, laziness is a conservative attribute.

I have no idea but I'm guessing that the "heir of cosmetics mogul Max Factor" is not in general population where anyone can "doggie" him. Also, a man who drugs and enjoys having sex with unconscious women is a seriously dangerous kind of person. His "career" is not over in my opinion but will be modified when he leaves jail. He might very well graduate to leaving no witnesses by making sure he only has sex with dead women in the future since he was already leaning that way in the past. I hope when his sentence is creatively made shorter (or ended) on April 4th, the judge takes that into consideration. He should be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole because his activities of choice were very clear when he was free before. I think it's very unlikely our prison system can rehabilitate an individual to enjoy consensual sex when obviously they don't.

typical libtards.. money talks, bs walks and let the govt. pay for it all.

How many times did this pig rape these women if it totaled 86 counts of giving three women gamma hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, and raping them while they were unconscious. Rapists are some of the most twisted people alive. From his pic, he's relatively handsome, well built and has a boat load of money. If he just wanted to have sex he could easily have found a willing partner. But rapists want something else. Repeat rapists should never be allowed back in society. Execute them or dump em on a deserted island. Why waste tax payer money on this scum.

What exactly does this have to do with liberalism? On the political spectrum, I lean more towards the left than right, and I'm appalled by this. Leave him in jail to rot.

How did this become a political discussion? Stupid trolls trying to get a rise out of people.

Welcome to America where it wealthcare for the wealthy (bankers bailed out by taxpayers and never prosecuted because they are too big to fail). The wealthy are able to put a MUCH larger burden on the judicial system due to their millions but are NOT expected to pay more in taxes to compensate for the extra burden. This is a PERFECT example of this... look at OJ simpson trial as another example.

notliborcon. What this man's political beliefs are has NOTHING to do with what he was convicted of! It was rape, which can and is committed by people of all political stripes! Resentence him, and forget about it!

Our judges are the most liberal here in Cali. They have been early release sex offenders for years now. Liberals are against sex abuse yes, but they seem to tolerate it more than conservatives.

When will judges start to finally understand that sex crimes shouldn't be treated as robberies or regular assaults? The nightmare doesn't end for the victims when the assault stops. Yet there is some stupid rationale that since they got to keep their lives that the defendant should be given some sort of mercy and a shot at redemption.

I call BULL. His victims will be living in their own mental prison that doesn't come with parole. It is a violation that goes far beyond getting your wallet stolen. He planned the assaults and archived them for his own enoyment. He should never see the outside of a prison again.

I agree Lolly. What he did I put on the same level as murder. I wouldnt sentence him to death, but any forcible and violent rape should be an instant life sentence imo.

How much did the bounty hunter get as a fee on $1 million bond?

Enneagram1,

Who cares?

Burns: Obviously, I do.

Mike - how do you know he isn't going to be re-sentenced to 124 years (less time served), just this time it will be EXPLAINED in detail WHY he was given consecutive rather than concurrent. It's also possible that he could get MORE time. Hope he is because crap like that shouldn't be allowed to mingle with innocent people. I'd also like to see each of those women sue him for 1/3 of his inheritance in a civil suit.

youdon'tknowjack

Hey MSN, how about report on the voter fraud that has taken place in favor of Obama. Oh wait, that's right, you along with the other media jackals bought his candidacy the second time. My bad.

First, this article was nothing about Obama or political anything so your comment does not belong here. Secondly, the only voter fraud was the GOP trying to deny people the right to vote - and it STILL didn't get you the election. Thirdly, your guy lost. Get over it.

The reason his sentence wasn't explained was that Mr Luster wasn't in the courtroom. He had skipped out on bail before being found guilty and sentenced. It isn't the Court's fault he didn't understand WHY he was sentenced the way he was. If he was interested in that, he should have been in the courtroom and not in Mexico hiding out until Dog Chapman went to get him.

It is sad but that is what it seems like. Wonder if the rolls Royce man in Florida that adopted his girlfriend is still out of jail. I don't know why they bother to convict these people if they won't stay in jail. It seems to be a waste of money. Not really. But I think you should get the same justice and have to do the very same thing whether you are rich or poor!

His money didn't keep him from going to prison. There have been plenty of convicts who have had their sentenced reduced who were not rich. Mr. Luster will not be getting out of jail anytime soon since his conviction has not been overturned, only the sentence. And since he didn't think he that he'd ever get caught, he video taped himself committing so there is no reason for any re-sentencing to be still very long.

Nothing here said he was being released. Just re-sentenced. There was a time many years ago when rape and kidnapping was punishable by a life sentence (or even the death sentence) -- Don't know exactly when or why wh it changed.

With this class of pervert, even if they have all the gifts which would or could make them "attractive" to most women... the thing they want are more about "power" over women. They have this desire (or fantasy) that makes them believe that NO woman can resist them.

The drugs are the short cut they can use to make sure they get bragging rites. Women are a trophy for them, the videos are souvenirs of who they bagged and all the weird things which can be done to a woman unable to resist. Some of those freaks are equal opportunity abusers - they could just as easily do the same things to a man as they do to women.

The sickness they have is never going to be satisfied - because its not really about sex. Its about proving that they can get anyone they want... they could careless about needing to drug their victim to make them compliant.

All those women ought to get together - find a way to drug him, then drop him off in San Francisco for a weekend of no holes barred - fun and adventure. Maybe a walk on the wild side will cure him?

ROFL!

Thanks, I needed a good laugh!

thank you moon shadowgirl,

Bet he wishes he was the KY jelly heir right about now, instead of the Max Factor heir!

ooookay. haven't had the resentencing yet. So we need to wait and see. The previous judge made a mistake.. ALL they had to do was state WHY he was being sentenced consecutively instead of concurrently. They didn't. So now, this judge has to hear the lawyers debate on how to sentence him. if the prosecutors did well the first time, they'll win it again. if they don't, the guy's STILL gonna get a minimum of 40 years in prison, he will NEED makeup by then.

I have a good reason why he was convicted to serve those sentences consecutively instead of concurrently....he raped them consecutively, NOT concurrently!

Echoe:

yours is the first post I've read that appears that you actually read the article and comprehended what it was saying. I'm so totally amazed at the number of people who have posted and are interpreting that the conviction was overturned.

Im with Connie. He raped three different women. He should serve three different sentences.

MrBurns: He gave over 13 different women drugs and then raped them - at least one of them was 17 years old at the time. They only limited the number of women he was charged with to 3. The total counts were 88, but they dropped one, and he was found not guilty of one, so he was convicted of 86 counts. That's a whole lot different than just raping 3 women. They could still try and convict him of any of the 10 other women he raped.

Connie & Mr Burns: Do you know WHY Andrew Luster's sentence wasn't explained to him? Because he was in Mexico hiding when he was sentenced. He was given consecutive six-year sentences on each of the 20 rape counts, plus four years for poisoning — a total of 124 years in prison. Plus a $1 million dollar fine to the victim's compensation fund. It took 6 months before Dog Chapman would bring him back from Mexico.

Why only twenty five years? It should be life in prison for rape with brutality...that involves torture or death, and fifty years for date rape of this sort that involves drugs and deception.

Just a cleaning lady...

You are absolutely right! I never understood why there needs to be so much leniency and discretion with sentencing. It's not as if the law is lenient in whether your conviction is a quarter of a conviction, a half conviction, or a full conviction. If convicting someone of a crime is black and white, so to should be the sentencing. Money should not allow someone to weasle out of being punished for a crime they were convicted of.

funny thing happened on the way to the forum...

They 3 strikes rule - is slowly being recinded. Mandatory sentencing is slowly beingg recinded. Strangely - its not because it doesn't work ...its because it works too well.

The Kennedy family rich kid nephew, was sentenced to a butt-load of jail time, Some Senators son was caught woth too much dope, above the limit for assumed personal use.Now this guy, with a well collected family history.

Apparently,like most other drastic laws --- allit takes is a few rich kids to get caught in the net, then Abrah Ka Dab Rah.... the laws are too harsh. Then its time to repeal them. notice how quickly the Excuse media starts to work ... when some cop get caught with his finger in the pie, gets busted for robbing some poor old lady, who is on a pension. A regular crook gets 5 to15... cop got 18 months, put in with the white collar - Hilton medium jail and is eliable to go home on leave after doing 3 months.

This how BS, so called - War on Crime laws fail.

Beowolf, I really think it is because humans are so fallible that we'd all be in jail for a long time.

This guy is a predator with financial power, no doubt. He needs locked up for a long while.

Just a cleaning lady, not all rapes are the same and not all rapists are the same for that matter. Mandatory minimums just up the level of violence involved as there's no point in playing it nicer as the sentence winds up being the same anyways.

Ultimately, it's hard enough to get these crimes reported without getting into hysterics. I've known some women who were raped and didn't report it. Upping the penalties unilaterally without consulting with the survivor is not likely to increase the conviction rate.

Considering how over the top a lot of these comments are, I'd probably be shocked at how few of them are coming from people with any real knowledge related to sex crimes.

The women he raped, were drugged. Regardless of what it may have seemed like in his videos, they were not being coopperative - they were being "Posed" in ever position listed in Kama sutra - probably a few which no modern woman would allow or be taped.

Using GHB - this freak was able to prevent the women from remebering the degrading acts he forced on them.

But, like those idiot kids from the suburbs who drove to the city to assault Homeless people. They were having so much fun that they wanted to share it with their frinds; so there they were, driving around collecting the evidence of every crime they committed.

Just how narccisitic can you get... so full of himself that he taped the crimes which put him in jail. Now, some slick, Sharkskin suit dressed up toupee lawyer has in close to out the door in 10 years, instead of the 124 years the judge blessed him with.

These shyster lawyers know that most people find it difficult to hold a grudge as long as they should. Heck, with all the psychiatrists, grief consulars and religious type tell us to forgive, forget, pray for those how did us wrong ... telling folks that holding on to anger is counter productive, unhealthy. Its a wonder most people find time to even testify in court. With all the delay and investigation - its usually a year or two before the criminal is brought to court. If he has money - it could take even longer.

I can carry a festering hatred for being wronged for several life times. No problem is so same as to silp my memory of being abused by some smart a55. Far as I'm conserned the first 5 years or so is just to get of the radar and set up a decent alibi. I forget the TV show, but I remeber the line...

Revenge is a dish best served Cold - savor it, let it ripen ... develop a taste for all its flavors.

Just a Cleaning Lady - ok, say you're right. They only tried him for the 3 women he raped - one was 17 at the time - but there were 10 more women. These women were all given drugs which could have killed them. Maybe they should have also charged him with attempted murder, and making bad porn too. Personally, if I had been in on the decision making with the prosecution, I would have said go for the whole deal - try him on rape of 13 women (including a juvenile), attempted murder, maybe even dispensing drugs without a pharmacutical license - whatever it would take to make it stick. The fact that they only tried him on charges related to the 3 women does not negate the fact that this individual should not be able to be in the general public - and if he is released, he WILL do it again.

toredown:

Dog the bounty hunter (caps ignored by intent) - the eternal adolescent.

Now there's a complete and utter idiot, this Dog person, what a baffoon!!!!

With all the money Dog has, he still looks like trailer trash. Now, 10 years after the Luster capture, he looks like old trailer trash.

Yet he has done more good for our society than any of you liberal tea bashers. You're right Toredown. Tea Party people do care about the innocent people in our society, and actually care about doing good for the world. Libby leeches just want their paychecks from the gobnet.

The problem is that without an explanation as to why the sentence was handed down consecutively rather than concurrently, it deprives the defense team of the ability to appeal the decision.

It's likely that the ruling will ultimately stand, but we do live in a nation of laws and we can't violate it just because we really want somebody to get a really stiff penalty.

From the comments on this page, you'd think that there was a possibility of him walking in the next 10 years.

Excellent post, Frank.

Frank-1870776;

it deprives the defence team of the ability to appeal the decision.

Yes & that is my point, or part of it, the other part is that the defence still has the right to appeal any part or all of the evidentuary portion of the trial. Just not the sentencing. The right of a judge to sentence with out comment has been upheld by the appellets & the USSC many times.

Ourdoc...

Stoltz, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge, was hired to hear the case in Ventura County Superior Court after Luster argued that he was improperly sentenced in 2003

FYI...hired would imply formerly retired. It's not your fault that the article is confusing, it's just poorly written, like most on this site these days.

You must not be in tuned with the news. Some states with high foreclosure numbers have used retired judges to help homeowners who were fighting the foreclosures.

Hiring a retired judge is not something unique to California.

OurDoc: The reason Luster wasn't given a reason was that he skipped out on his bail during a two week recess. He went to Mexico. The fact that he jumped bail also denied him the opportunity to appeal the decision. If you look at the case, even though he was prosecuted for 87 counts with 3 victims, there were, in fact, over 10 ADDITIONAL victims, and one of the victims he was prosecuted for was 17 at the time of her rape. In addition to drugging the women, some of them had no knowedge of even being intimate with the guy. He even tried to throw his attorney under the bus by saying they encouraged him to flee. I think they should have charged him with ALL of the rapes, and with attempted murder with the rape drugs too. (One of the charges was chemical poisoning.)

"Tea" stands for taxed enough already? Seems the lemmings think it means "hate minorities, hate elderly, hate USA, hate low taxes & refuse healthcare to everyone except them." The haters want everyones taxes raised, except their own, because they are "special."

usluv....

The answer to that question starts with Bush and ends with Administration. Maybe you can remind me of the last president to leave the country a surplus upon exiting office. If you can rmember that far back.

usluv:

I get the distinct impression that, for a merciful minority, guns are the cornerstone of their self-esteem, their self-image and their primary focus in life. Pitiful in my view.

Dog doesn't consider himself a liberal, so your point, whatever it was, is lost.

Every President since Reagan (including Reagan) has saddled this country with enormous debt, except Clinton. Why did the tea party only come around when Obama was elected? Could it be that he is black? Blackity-blackity-black (and white).

-a liberal "gun folk"

Why are you politicizing this? the dude is a POS that drugged over 13 women, and raped them. He seemed to think he was entitled to do it, and then when he skipped bail - costing him his right to appeal - he threw his own lawyer under a bus by saying that his lawyer told him to run. His loser mother filed a lawsuit to get back her $300,000 portion of the bail money which was forfeited when he ran. His "defense" if you want to call it that said that the women were all trying to get his money and none of it was his fault at all. This guy is costing the tax payers of California much more than he's worth, and THEY should be suing his estate for keeping his behind in jail. The women DID win a 34 million dollar civil suit against him, but their attorneys are having a hard time unraveling the legal tangle that is his inheritance. I hope that their suits were $34 million PLUS legal costs or the lawyer's fees are going to eat up most of that money. If I were advising the women, I'd advise them to sue the entire estate because his mother is an enabler.

I have to agree with you, Little Dave. I got the creeps the second I laid eyes on his photo. Those eyes...so malevolent. I haven't bought a Max Factor product for years and couldn't think of anyone who uses it, so I did a Google search. It says that Max Factor is no longer sold in the US, but also that Proctor and Gamble now owns the brand.

Yes LittleDave, he does give me the creeps. I wish he would never get out, but sometimes rapists get out in just four years. I don't know why some are assuming he will receive another long sentence when he is resentenced.

He isn't going to walk; he still has 124 year sentence whether concurrent or consecutive.

Zheng He - the story says that the judge vacated that 124 sentence. She can now sentence him to whatever she pleases. I just hope it is a good long time!

Sounds like his lawyers wanted the judge to overturn the conviction... not just the sentence. If they ever do let him out, hope he's so old that he can't hurt anyone again.... And no... I don't use any of that cosmetics line. I don't want a penny to end up in his appeal fund....

Ines.. hell the republicns were busy voting AGAINST the "violence against women act" they won't keep anyone in jail. ESPECIALLY not the rich. Marhta Stewart got tv shows, clothing lines, office supply lines, and much more out of it! phhhhtttt.

Echoe a lot of people don't know that many prisons are privately owned. Also many don't know that you can pay money to the prison for priveleges that people without money do not have. It is legal though it is not just.

Did crime disappear in Britain? That's how well the rule worked...

What are you guys such "hater" on the rich and successful? ~Mitt would be asshamed of you!

That's a point that a lot of folks here are missing. They're talking about whether the terms should have been consecutive or concurrent which would mean that he would spend the rest of his life behind bars or only the next 30-40 years. Which would be most of the rest of his natural life. By the time he got out of prison he'd be retirement age or older in all likelihood.

Euthanization would be too humane. I'm of the opinion that rapists should be castrated, have their hands chopped off and have "rapist" carved into their foreheads. But that's just me....

Cupcakes - I think the problem is the other judge didn't say why the 124 year sentence... as if they didn't know! I think that is bull$###. I hope the new judge puts him away for a good long time!