Originally there was a third man in on this plot, George Michael, but what the other two were not aware of, was Michael and contacted the FBI and told them what Engel and Mandell were planning to do. There were disturbing videos that the FBI was able to get from surveillance from what was going to be Mandell's torture chamber, filled with cleavers, saws and all sorts of other tools to disembody Campbell after they had gotten what they wanted out of him.
Engel and Mandell were planning to pose as cops and torture Campbell until he agreed to sign over deeds to several properties. They then were going to kill him and chop up his body and drain his blood in the sink in their torture chamber. Engel was found dead in his prison cell after he had hanged himself after being arrested.
After a 30 minute hopeless rant to the judge trying to prove his innocence, Judge Amy St. Eve stayed strong in her verdict saying that she had not seen "an inkling of remorse." He smiled and wished her a "Merry Christmas."
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To me, it is mortifying that someone could think of a plot to torture, kill and mutilate, and proceed to show not even an ounce of remorse. Mandell had gotten out of death row for a different crime in which the trial had been 14 years. I think that Judge Amy St. Eve was right to stand so firm in her decision and showed true jurisprudence. Americans are often skeptical and say there can be flaws in the judicial system, however, it seems completely fitting to me that this clearly disturbed man be locked away from the rest of society for the remainder of his life.
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