Lucratzi Gcross

Lucratzi Gcross was an enigmatic serial murderer well know the bizare circumstances of his life.

Crimes

Lucratzi was convicted of murdering four women in A.Y. 5418. At the time the planet where this occurred had no death penalty, so to ensure he would never again become a threat to society, he was sentenced to 500 years in prison for each murder, to be served consecutively. Under the then laws of his home world, a prisoner could be eligible for parole after serving just 40% of his prison time. As this was still much longer than an ordinary human life, the punishment was deemed sufficient.

Prison Time

Lucratzi was believed to be 29 years old at the time he was incarcerated. While in prison he did not appear to age. This fact was mostly ignored until A.Y. 5480, when a then ninety-one year old Lucratzi applied for compassionate release. He was turned down, and a medical examination order. So shocking were the finds, that courts immediately ordered his DNA be tested against the stored copy. During 62 years of incarceration, Lucratzi did not appear to have aged at all. When questioned, he claimed it was merely an illusion, that because of his clean living and daily regime he was relatively healthy for his age. This statement was enough to deny him compassionate release.

He tried again in A.Y 5509, when he would be 120 years old according to his birth certificate, this generally being accepted as the maximum human lifespan. Though he had since acquired some scars and prison tattoos, he appeared no different from his previous examination. Authorities were baffled, but again denied him release on the grounds that he was still plenty fit. Though efforts were made, no experts expressed interest in studying Lucratzi, with the general consensus being that he must have lied about his age.

By A.Y. 5538, rumors were circulating about this bizarre individual. Lucratzi had now spent the entirety of a normal human lifespan behind bars. Parallels were drawn to Hermen Scopal, a notable figure from the previous age. However Scopal was not human, his long-life was easily explained by being a "Passer". Prison authorities were still unable to garner legitimate scientific interest in Lucratzi, so his genetic code was published online. Despite receiving only armature study, Lucratzi was found to be fully human.

In A.Y. 5618 Lucratzi applied for parole, having completed 40% of the first of his 500 year sentences. Parole was initially denied owing to the heinousness of his crimes, which led to public backlash and the first serious interest in his unusual biology. Parole was granted upon public pressure, but because his sentences were consecutive, he still had 1500 years to go. Prison authorities further refused to allow Lucratzi out their sight. A team of scientists was allowed access to him, even constructing a makeshift lab on prison grounds. No biological explanation could be found for his unusual long life(then 229 years of age), though his brain activity was observed to be "highly unusual".

Thinking they had found the key to eternal life, a team of scienctists dubbed "The Lucratzi Nine"(because their were exactly 17 of them) dedicated their entire careers to the study of this one individual. Lucratzi outlived all of them, remarking that "they really gave it the old college try" in A.Y. 5712 long after the last researcher had died.

In 5715, Lucratzi was given a new trial. No new evidence was involved and the verdict was already determined well in advance; however, in the 297 years Lucratzi had spent in prison many laws were changed and a new trial was the most expedient way to update his sentence. The only real change to come out of the trial was that Lucratzi was given access to a "points system" that allowed prisoners to earn time off from their sentences for good behavior. The system had been introduced over a hundred years earlier, but Lucratzi was never eligible for it due to receiving his sentence before it was implemented.