HANG 'EM HIGH!
Posted on 04/11/2010 9:25:01 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Attorney General Eric Holder has intervened in a federal conspiracy and murder trial to order prosecutors not to seek the death penalty for three El Salvadoran men who are illegal aliens.
The three robbed and shot Claros Luna on July 29, 2009, in Alexandria, Va., according to police. The crime occurred just a few miles from the Justice Department as Luna transported a prostitute from Maryland to Virginia, CNSNews reported.
The suspects, Eris Arguera, Alcides Umana, and Adolfo Amaya Portillo, are admitted members of the MS-13 gang – a large, organized gang with roots throughout Mexico and Latin America. Many federal officials consider it the most deadly trafficking organization in the region.
The three were indicted on Nov. 24 on federal racketeering and murder charges. It typically initiates members — young middle and high school students — by ordering them to target and kill innocent bystanders.
A Justice Department spokeswoman told CNSNews.com that the department would not comment on Holder’s decision not to seek the death penalty in the case.
CNSNews reported that, in a letter dated Feb. 3, 2010, Holder “authorized and directed” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neal McBride “not to seek the death penalty against Alcides Umana, Adolfo Portillo, and Eris Ramon Arguera.”
McBride filed a corresponding document – Government’s Notice of Intent Not to Seek the Death Penalty – on Feb. 16.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Virginia, told CNSNews.com that Holder, as U.S. attorney general, makes death penalty decisions in federal cases. “The decision to pursue or not pursue the death penalty in a death-eligible case resides with the attorney general, not the U.S. attorney,” Carr said.
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Holder is an Enemy of the Republic.
lol and his excuse? none
I am no friend of Holder’s. But if he was to support the death penalty in these cases or uphold such penalty it is very likely that the countries from which they came would demand their release from US jails and their extradition.
Reality shows that if that happens they would most likely serve a very light sentence if any sentence at all and quickly return to their crimes. It actually keeps people safer to have them remain here in U.S. prison.
What do you expect from that filthy regime? it is filled with unqualified America hating radical racists.
That's not an issue, we wouldn't extradite. It is an issue when the perps have fled to their native country. Were that the case here, Mexico (and most European countries) wouldn't extradite one of their citizens. to the US unless the death penalty was waived. I'd support Holder's action if that were the case, I'd like to see him do it across the board where perps have successfully fled, but there's no indication that's the case here.
“But if he was to support the death penalty in these cases or uphold such penalty it is very likely that the countries from which they came would demand their release from US jails and their extradition”
You might be making a good point; however, if an illegal alien commits a crime in the United States and is apprehended for that crime within the United States, does his native country have a legal right to demand his extradition based on the death penalty? I know that it’s difficult — if not impossible — for the United States to extradict someone from a foreign country to face charges in our country if the death penalty is at issue, but I’m not sure the situation works in reverse (i.e., a country demanding the extradition of its citizen who already is in physical custody and facing charges within the United States).
Let them extradite their corpses.
HANG 'EM HIGH!
I think it has happened before in the case of Mexican nationals. I could be mistaken and if I am I see no reason for Holder’s decision.
This adminstartion is always on the side of our enemies aren’t they?
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was working from vague memory of this question coming up for death penalties for foreign nationals. And not enough tea so my brain has not jump started yet.
And maybe it is the cynic in me but I really don’t see these criminals as good targets for successful rehabilitation. And I see the likelyhood of them recruiting in prison as being very high. And those who are likely to spread their poison are in my mind a double threat and therefore better candidates for death penalty.
Well when you meet your true love you want to make them happy.
I agree on both points, which is why the decision should have been left to the judicial system. If you're going to have a just death penalty you have to be willing to ask for it, whether it's Scott Peterson or OJ, and let the system decide.
BTW, it's my understanding there are over a hundred Mexican nationals in Mexico who could potentially face the death penalty over crimes in LA county alone. Some are in Mexican prisons, but some are free as a bird. It's a state and local issue, but I wouldn't object to waiving the death penalty in those cases. People are dying in the SW because killers perceive a safe haven only a few miles away.
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