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| DOJ won't seek death penalty against alleged MS-13 gang members accused of multiple killings in Long Island | ||
| 2023-11-11 | ||
The Justice Department will no longer seek the death penalty for two alleged MS-13 gang members accused of brutally killing several teenagers in Long Island, New York. In a letter to a federal judge, Breon Peace, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Attorney General Merrick Garland directed prosecutors to withdraw notices of intention to seek the death penalty against brothers, Alexi Saenz and Jairo Saenz. "We write on behalf of the Government in the above-captioned matter, to provide an update to the Court with respect to the status of the death penalty deauthorization requests of defendants Alexi Saenz and Jairo Saenz, and the Department of Justice’s decision whether to seek the death penalty against Alexi Saenz for an eighth murder," Peace wrote in a letter to U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown. Brown is expected to oversee the brothers' trial when it begins March 4. The government initially intended to seek the death penalty for both men in 2020 for their alleged roles in the 2016 killings of 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas, and 15-year-old Nisa Mickens.
The brothers are also charged in the deaths of Michael Johnson, Oscar Acosta, Javier Castillo, Dewann Stacks and Esteban Alvarado-Bonilla. Alexi Saenz, 28, was also charged with capital offenses relating to an eighth murder victim, Marcus Bohannon. Peace said he has asked the Justice Department to make a decision regarding the death penalty in the Bohannon case by Nov. 29. Alexi Saenz was the leader of MS-13’s Brentwood and Central Islip-based MS-13 clique. Jairo Saenz, 27, was his second-in-command, federal prosecutors have said. Cuevas and Mickens were slaughtered in a residential neighborhood near an elementary school on Sept. 13, 2016 — the day before Mickens’ 16th birthday. Her body was found on a tree-lined street in Brentwood, while Cuevas’ beaten body turned up in the wooded backyard of a nearby home a day later. Related: MS-13: 2023-08-15 Four arrested for beating, kidnapping, caging woman MS-13: 2023-06-22 The U.S. Transitions from Superpower to Migrant Colony MS-13: 2023-04-26 Good Morning Related: Long Island: 2023-11-09 Wife of Gambino crime boss bursts into tears as eight of the ten arraigned mobsters are placed in custody after pleading not guilty on racketeering charges on Wednesday - after a years-long international operation to bring the alleged criminals to justice Long Island: 2023-10-28 Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to campaign finance fraud charges Long Island: 2023-10-21 Gaza Survivor Says She Feels Safer in Israel Than America Related: Brentwood: 2023-04-25 Suffolk County New York DA charges 21 gang members and associates of '9-Trey Bloods' in 197-count indictment Brentwood: 2022-08-26 Kamala Harris set to fly back from her Brentwood: 2022-08-17 Wolfgang Petersen, 'Air Force One' Director, Dead at 81 | ||
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 This is the 21st Century. Shouldn't we be able to freeze-dry people by now? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-11-11 20:01 |
| #5 They don't work. Drone, kill'em. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-11 13:52 |
| #4 I'm not OK with life in prison. Why should the tax payers have to fund their upkeep? At least life plus work gangs made to repair crumbling infrastructure. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2023-11-11 09:48 |
| #3 "We don't have anti-White hate crimes."? Apparently, Virginia. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-11 08:08 |
| #2 Our case load has dropped off Della. I'm only going to need you on Mondays now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-11 07:53 |
| #1 As the Instipundit points out, the 'police' are here to protect the criminals. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-11 07:47 |