Posted on 01/30/2024 1:37:35 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
A Fairfax County man was sentenced to 100 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing a Target co-worker in a parking lot at the store in the Baileys Crossroads area.
Bazen Berhe, 25, pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder in the April 17, 2021, killing of Hernan Leiva, 58, in what Berhe described to a judge as a fit of rage. Authorities said Berhe, then 22, attacked Leiva with knives and a hammer when the victim arrived at work that morning.
In an unusual statement to Judge Robert J. Smith in Fairfax Circuit Court, Berhe pleaded for a stiff sentence and promised he would behave behind bars while serving a maximum term. “I promise, your honor, I won’t kill someone again,” he said. “I will not stab someone.” Berhe, who is from Ethiopia, said he was in a “state of absolute anger” before the killing because he was having trouble with immigration authorities. When he realized that he would not be able to legally stay in the United States, Berhe said, he became enraged. Three days before the killing, Leiva, a janitor at Target, ate Berhe’s lunch out of the office refrigerator, which made him mad. The next day, Berhe purchased the hammer and two knives and began “training for the murder,” officials said.
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“Well, that makes it fine,” one of Leiva’s relatives responded sarcastically, then sighed and shook his head, looking down.
He found a way.
The religious adherence of those bearing the Berhe surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Berhe last name are 43.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.38% being registered to vote for the party.
https://forebears.io/surnames/berhe
Take the cost of his imprisonment and credit it against Ethiopian foreign aid—with treble damages and add on another 100K a year for State Department administrative costs.
That's worth 25 stabs right there.
Yep, now, he will get3 hots, a cot, and the best medical care money can buy.
adding to the great melting pot of diversity.
Yeah, when Trump said “they’re not sending their best,” he was completely off-base!
With good behavior he can be out in 70 years.
Diversity is our strength!!
I will commend him for requesting the maximum sentence for his crime and he should get it. Some people would have argued that they should get off for their crime.
I wonder if the lunch had berbere spices and injera bread in it? Mmmm.
If he had smoked some weed beforehand he would have only gotten probation.
Oh, and he should have been a pretty white girl, too.
What was that lunch? I’m guessing it wasn’t the new Pulled Pork Sandwich from the local deli.
That was brazen of him.
Yes he’s one of Biden’s best
Haven’t even read it yet (I will), but he looks Somali (or Ethiopian)..
Yup, got it second guess.. Ethiopian.
Condolences to family and friends of Hernan Leiva.
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