Serial Rapsit Killed In Prison

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Really can't call this bad or sad news.
One criminal is dead and the other will be less likely to ever get out.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,4216151.story

A serial rapist serving several life sentences in a maximum-security state prison has died in the hospital after being assaulted by another inmate, Maryland State Police said Wednesday.

Michael Armstead, 53, was assaulted Nov. 27 at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County as inmates were on their way to the dining hall, and died at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore on Jan. 9.

State police did not release the name of the suspect who allegedly assaulted Armstead, but said charges are pending. The suspect is also serving a life sentence, police said.

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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/199...pist-two-rapes

A Brooklyn Park man described as a serial rapist has been sentenced to serve two life terms for two separate attacks on a Glen Burnie woman.

Michael D. Armstead, 32, was sentenced Friday to four life terms -- two to run concurrently and two to run consecutively -- for breaking into the woman's home, raping her and then returning more than a year later to rape her again.

Four life terms. But only two consecutively. And this guy have ever made it back on the streets?

Armstead will be eligible fora parole hearing upon serving 30 years, said Paul J. Davis, chairmanof the state Parole Commission. Davis said those sentenced to life who receive parole can usually expect to serve 50 percent more than the time needed to become eligible

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Good luck on that appeal.

From the second link.

"I'll be maintaining my innocence through my appeal," he said.

Members of his family distributed a written statement,complaining that DNA test results were allowed as evidence and that the fact that he is black and his victim is white helped convict him.

"The real rapist is the State of Maryland who has offered Michaelas the sacrificial lamb to cool the fires of public outcry to find the person responsible for these rapes," the statement reads.