conviction_status conviction_penalty parents birth_date article_title charge occupation
incarcerated coal township , northumberland county , pennsylvania , state correctional institution -- coal township , three life sentences without parole timothy scot kreider , angela parsons kreider 04 february 1991 alec devon kreider
 murder prisoner
alec devon kreider

alec devon kreider -lrb- born february 4 , 1991 -rrb- is a lancaster county , pennsylvania , criminal who was convicted for the three murders of a manheim township family on may 12 , 2007 .
kreider entered guilty pleas to three counts of first degree murder on june 17 , 2008 .
kreider is now serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole .
some controversy remains as to the validity of kreider 's convictions .
judge david ashworth denied kreider 's post-sentence challenge to his consecutive sentences .
the pennsylvania superior court affirmed ashworth 's denial .
kreider filed a petition under pennsylvania 's post-conviction collateral relief act on december 8 , 2009 .
common pleas court judge david ashworth denied the pcra on june 15 , 2010 .
an appeal to pennsylvania superior court was later discontinued by kreider .
despite this development , the legal wranglings continue .
