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Open Russia Discussion: Reuters: "'Chessboard Killer' Given Life in Prison": By James Kilner MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's "chessboard murderer" was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing 48 people, after the supermarket worker told a court last week he felt like God as he decided whether ...

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Old 10-30-2007, 04:34 PM
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Reuters: "'Chessboard Killer' Given Life in Prison"

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's "chessboard murderer" was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing 48 people, after the supermarket worker told a court last week he felt like God as he decided whether his victims should live or die.

The 33-year-old Alexander Pichushkin stood with his head bowed inside a glass cage in the courtroom as the judge, Vladimir Usov, read out the sentence.

Asked if he understood, Pichushkin without lifting his head replied: "I'm not deaf. I understood."

Pichushkin was given his nickname by the Russian media because he told detectives in a confession that he had hoped to put a coin on every square of a 64-square chessboard for each of his victims...
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Re: Reuters: "'Chessboard Killer' Given Life in Prison"

I wonder if this guy either 1) is lying that he knew that the girl he last killed left a note before she went on a walk with him or 2) he wanted to get caught to be famous. I really think that some people want to be caught like BTK. But what I can't figure out is why this guy would want to get caught before meeting the goal of completing the chessboard. What do you think?
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Re: Reuters: "'Chessboard Killer' Given Life in Prison"

It's a good question and I haven't a clue as to an answer.
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It's a good question and I haven't a clue as to an answer.
Well, I suppose since we will never figure out the more fundamental question of why he killed the people in the first place, we'll never know the answer to my question. I am just glad the guy is in caught and in jail.
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