State v. Foster

GODFREY, Justice.

Appellant Foster was indicted for “solicitation to murder,” found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to jail. From the evidence, the jury was warranted in concluding that in 1974 Foster, then a policeman, engaged in a month-long effort to enlist fellow policemen in a “death squad” to eliminate certain chronic offenders by executing them. A number of meetings with three other policemen had resulted in selection of a first victim from a list prepared by appellant and in plans for the manner of execution and disposal of the victim’s body. The theory of the defense, rejected by the…