Celebrity Justice
Real-Life 'Alpha Dog' -- Murderer

The Justin Timberlake movie "Alpha Dog" finally has an ending ... the guy it was based on was just convicted of the kidnap and murder of the kid who died in the movie.

Alpha Dog Murderer
Today a jury decided Jesse James Hollywood was the mastermind behind 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz's death, which happened in West Hills, CA back in August of 2000. He was convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping.

Hollywood could get the death penalty.

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46. another good movie is "bully" its full of actors you've probably heard of and based on a true story.
the book is even better

Posted at 4:52PM on Jul 9th 2009 by cerwins

47. Hopefully he will be convicted and sentenced to death. The penalty should be death by firing squad with the parents of Nick Markowitz pulling the trigger.

Posted at 6:08PM on Jul 9th 2009 by Lisa M

48. He looks like a little punk in this pic, just like he was a little punk in the movie. I hope he gets LIFE in prison because he's sure to live out his days being a poop shoot toy with that Jerry Lee Lewis hair he's got going on...

My heart bleeds for Nick's family.

Posted at 6:36PM on Jul 9th 2009 by nikki

49. To Lanie, Thanks for the information about Nick's brother. There were so many characters in the film maybe I got the names all wrong. In any event, we can all agree that there is no justification for a lot of what happens in this world, especially murder. But in re-telling the event and saying what happened, it is perfectlty OK to say

THESE EVENTS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THIS AND THAT.

Saying what happened does not equat to justifying what happend. The reality in this case was that drugs were involved (let me make some happy here, drugs are bad)
Then they kidnapped the victim to extract money (kidnapping is bad)
Then feeling cornered, he and friends committed murdered (killing is bad)

There is intent and then there is pre-meditation. According to these events, he intended to blackmail the brother for money owed and his crazy plan spiraled into murder. Stating how it went down does not mean giving an excuse for the perpetrator. Using your logic, we nobody can talk about things.

Posted at 8:52PM on Jul 9th 2009 by Voice of Reason

50. 18. Jesse James Hollywood? What a name!

Posted at 10:15PM on Jul 8th 2009 by ly9512

I thought it was a phoney name so I looked him up on Wikipedia and it is actually the douchebag's real name.

Posted at 2:20AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Sugar Cookie

51. Facts, facts, facts! The murder happened in Santa Barbara. The kidnapping occurred in West Hills. Come on TMZ - you're better than that!

Posted at 2:50AM on Jul 12th 2009 by SWG

52. DIdn't this happen in Santa Barbara?

Posted at 6:30PM on Jul 14th 2009 by Elsa

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