On March 7, 1984, Maria Freire, aged 76, was murdered in her apartment. Liability on the part of the defendant is not contested on appeal. Mrs. Freire's death was extremely violent. Her assailant (who was captured and convicted of murder) had bound her hands behind her back, gagged her and tied one foot to a dresser. An autopsy revealed that eight of her ribs had been fractured and a tooth knocked out of her mouth. It also showed that she had sustained a fracture of the neck...
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