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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 01:21 AM Jan 2023

Accused El Paso Walmart gunman will plead guilty to federal charges

The man accused of murdering 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 will plead guilty to federal hate crimes charges, his attorneys said in a court filing on Saturday.

The announcement comes four days after the Justice Department announced that it would not seek the death penalty in federal charges against Patrick Crusius. The Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting was the deadliest attack targeting Hispanics in the nation’s history.

The announcement that Crusius would plead guilty was in a motion filed by defense attorney Felix Valenzuela asking that his client be re-arraigned on the federal charges.

“Comes now, Defendant Patrick Wood Crusius, by and through his attorneys, and respectfully moves the Court to set the instant case for a Rearraignment Hearing at the Court’s convenience; Defendant notifies the Court of his intention to enter a plea of guilty to the pending Indictment,” the motion stated.

Read more: https://elpasomatters.org/2023/01/21/patrick-crusius-to-plead-guilty-in-el-paso-terror-attack/

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Accused El Paso Walmart gunman will plead guilty to federal charges (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2023 OP
Good... agingdem Jan 2023 #1

agingdem

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Mon Jan 23, 2023, 02:32 AM
Jan 2023

dying once when he killed 24 and injured 23 gives no justice to the lives lost and the lives irrevocably changed...a lifetime in federal prison for the killer still in his twenties is a slow death...may he live a long long life...

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