Skinhead gang member gets 38-year sentence

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Nicholas Vovos' hair was shorn for his sentencing hearing, so all the sheriff's deputies and attorneys gathered in court clearly saw the gothic-style letters tattooed on the back of his head. They spelled "Muscoy Boy," referring to a town in California where Vovos was a member of a skinhead gang, according to law enforcement. It is part of who he is, and it's the only part people in the criminal justice system got to see, his lawyer said. Before Vovos, 24, was sentenced to 38 years in state prison Wednesday, his lawyer wanted them to see more. Vovos was convicted in July of attempted murder and assault on peace officers, stemming from a shootout with police in Lochbuie on July 3, 2005, in which his wife was killed. He now faces murder charges in California, where prosecutors might consider seeking the death penalty. Vovos spent more than half his life in juvenile adjudication, foster homes and the California penal system. He was neglected and molested by what little family he had. He is a poet, an artist and a sensitive young man with lots of wasted potential, said his lawyer, deputy state public defender Stephanie Stout. READ MORE...

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