Alleged Killer of Two Gay Men Says He Wants Death Sentence
Authorities say Steven Lorenzo of Florida drugged, sexually assaulted, and tortured two gay men before killing them. After years of fighting the charges, Lorenzo now says he wants to plead guilty and accept the death penalty.In December 2003, Lorenzo allegedly brought Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz back to his Seminole Heights home on back-to-back nights.
He was already convicted of giving them — and other men — GHB, known as a date-rape drug, back in 2005, along with another man, Scott Schweickert.Lorenzo, 63, handwrote a 16-page paper from prison explaining that he wanted to withdraw his not-guilty pleas because he didn’t believe he’d be found not guilty at trial, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
In the document, he requests a judge sentence him to death and also waives his right to appeal.“Regardless of whether or not there would have been a trial ...
the end results will prove to be identical. Simply because the defendant has no intention of taking the witness stand under oath or at a trial.
