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a vote for life

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York on Friday sentenced sentenced Humberto Pepin Taveras to life in prison following a jury deadlock as to punishment.From the Daily News: One of the jurors in the case of Humberto Pepin Taveras said as many as five of the 12 panel members favored a life sentence for the defendant. Since the panel wasn’t unanimous on capital punishment for Pepin Taveras, by default he was given a life sentence without parole by Judge Jack Weinstein immediately after the jury announced its decision. “Today is my birthday,” Pepin Taveras told the court and jurors moments before Weinstein pronounced sentence. “I would like to thank the jury for giving me a life,” he said, with the jury still present in the courtroom.continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on November 09, 2008 (boomark / email).