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San Francisco Gang Cases to Test DOJ's Death Penalty Policy

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Dan Levine's news article in Law.com's Recorder.  LINKErick Lopez, aka "Spooky," is a hard-core MS-13 gang member who killed two people in San Francisco's Excelsior district, say federal prosecutors. He is eligible for the death penalty. Luis Herrera, aka "Killer," is also allegedly part of MS-13, and he too is eligible for capital punishment. But while prosecutors say Herrera took part in a different murder -- the February 2009 killing of Moises Frias at the Daly City, Calif., BART station -- they don't think Herrera pulled the trigger. Lopez and Herrera are two of six San Francisco Bay Area MS-13 defendants for whom Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. must ultimately decide whether to seek capital punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 20, 2010 (boomark / email).