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Death penalty for the man who killed an 8-year-old he thought was gay
By Alex Bollinger · Saturday, December 16, 2017
A jury in California recommended the death penalty to a man who was convicted of killing an 8-year-old boy for being gay.
Isauro Aguirre was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his girlfriend Pearl Sinthia Fernandez’s son Gabriel Fernandez. The boy was found in May, 2013, with a cracked skull, broken ribs, and burns, and died days after being hospitalized.
During closing arguments in the penalty phase of the trial, District Attorney Jonathan Hatami told the jury, “No human with a heart and soul could do that to an innocent little boy.”
He asked the jury to “show the defendant the exact same mercy he showed Gabriel.”
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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/12/death-penalty-man-killed-8-year-old-thought-gay/
