The sect leader "always taught that we keep the law against the devils, the white devils, " Rozier testified. "When they kill one of us, we kill one of them. . . . He teaches that since white people believe that all black people look alike, we believe all white people look alike."

* Cecil Branch, 45, a garbage man known as "Big Man."

On Sept. 20, 1986, four men -- three in turbans -- approached Branch's house, witnesses testified. The killers stabbed him 25 times, severing the top of his right ear. The ear was missing from the crime scene. The landlord, a cop, found Branch's body, bound and gagged, in his house.

Before the murder, Branch confronted Yahwehs soliciting donations, witnesses testified. He pushed a Yahweh woman, who became hysterical. She wrote down his license tag as other devotees screamed, "Yahweh! Yahweh!"

Three Yahweh men -- a state prosecutor called them "bone crushers" -- showed up briefly. Later, Branch chased Yahweh women away from his home.

Rozier pleaded guilty. Three accomplices were not charged at the time.

* Harry Byers, 68, a street person with a drinking problem.

On Oct. 1, 1986, someone stabbed Byers to death, severing and taking his left ear. A cop, exercising his police dog, found the body in front of a park bench at Legion Park on Biscayne Boulevard.

* Reinaldo Echevarria.

On Oct. 10, 1986, Echevarria was stabbed to death near Northwest 103rd Street and 30th Avenue by Brian K. Lewis, also known as Hezion Israel. The Dade state attorney's office decided not to file charges after Lewis, who was injured during the attack, claimed it was self-defense.

* Rudy Broussard, 37, and Anthony Brown, 28, both tenants opposing a Yahweh takeover of an Opa-locka apartment complex.

On Oct. 31, 1986, Yahwehs lured Broussard out of his apartment.

He was shot in the head. The killers chased Brown, forced him to the ground and shot him as he pleaded for mercy, witnesses testified.

Rozier pleaded guilty to both murders, although he denied he shot either victim. He named two accomplices, Aher Israel and Seth Israel. Aher was not charged. In December 1987, Seth died of a gunshot wound during a drug dispute at a Miami motel.