The Stuart Alexander Case
Undisputed Facts: 1. On June 21, 2000 Stuart Alexander murdered USDA inspectors, Jean Hillery and Thomas Quadros and state FDA inspector William Shaline inside his sausage factory in California. 2. Prior to the murders Stuart had been vocal in the community that he felt the state was harassing him concerning his business. He had convinced a significant portion of the community that this was the governments way of pushing out the "little man." 3. Inspectors had had many run-ins with Alexander in the past. Two of the biggest contentions were the smoker or smokers in which were used in the factory and the temperature in which the sausages were cooked. When Alexander would fail to comply the inspectors would shut the factory down, this happened at least twice. Alexander would re-open the business against state laws. During these times the once thriving business lost massive amounts of money and was the motive that Alexander used in his 'campaign' agai...