USA - Texas. Christian Olsen, Originally Given Death Penalty, Is Resentenced To Life In Prison.

Christian Olsen, Originally Given Death Penalty, Is Resentenced To Life In Prison. Christian Olsen, 28, White, who was convicted of the beating death of 68 year old Etta Jean Westbrook, was officially resentenced in Brazos County district court. On April 25 2012 (see), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the death sentence handed down by a jury in 2009. Initially, the Brazos County district attorney's office sought to reimpose death. But DA Jarvis Parsons cited 2 reasons for changing his mind. One was the suicide of Olsen's girlfriend, who was in prison serving time for soliciting him to murder her mother. Parson says she gave a confession to authorities while in prison. Parsons says they also discovered DNA evidence that would have been used to argue for the death penalty was mishandled and would have been challenged in court. Parsons says at Tuesday's hearing, Olsen agreed to waive all future attempts to be released from prison. Parsons says Olsen will not be charged in the death of his girlfriend's mother, Geraldine Lloyd, because of the punishment Olsen received for killing Westbrook. Lloyd was killed in her home several months before Westbrook was murdered.