Attack in New York: “The only penalty that corresponded to Saipov was death”
Lawyer Juan Félix Marteau, who represents Ana Evans, the widow of Hernán Mendoza, said that the popular jury “was not the appropriate institution for a trial of this magnitude.”
He lawyer Juan Felix Marteauwho represents the family of one of the five Rosarios who died in an attack in New York in October 2017, said that the only sentence that corresponded to the Uzbek terrorist Sayfullo Saipov era “the death“.
Saipov was condemned this monday to life imprisonmentwith no possibility of release. In a split judgment, it was condemned by 7 votes in favor against 5 against. Strictly speaking, these five wanted them to give him the death sentence. With this sentence, the Uzbek will spend 22 hours a day locked up in his cell.
A little over a month ago, the terrorist Uzbek it had already been found guilty on all counts that weighed against him by a popular jury, but the sentence had to be determined.
Saipov, 34, originally from Uzbekistan, faced a total of 28 charges – including murder and terrorism – for having hit with a truck several people who were traveling through a bicycle lane, among whom were the people of Rosario.
in the attack died los rosarinos Hernán Mendoza, Diego Angelini, Hernán Ferruchi, Alejandro Pagnucco and Ariel Erlij. All of them were part of a group of 10 friends who traveled to New York to celebrate their friendship and the 30th anniversary of their graduation from the Rosario Polytechnic. They also lost their lives the Americans Darren Drake (New Jersey) and Nicholas Cleves (New York), and the Belgian Anne-Laure Decadt.
This Tuesday, in statements to the program “All in the Eight“, Marteau expressed that “a popular jury is not the appropriate institution to judge cases of this magnitude, of this magnitude. I completely disregard this institution as something rational to establish penalties that American legislation provides for cases of terrorism such as capital punishment.”
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“Here -emphasized the lawyer- the only penalty that corresponded to apply was the capital. He is a terrorist who from beginning to end claimed responsibility for the attack as a legitimate life project. He never showed any signs of regret“.
“If there are citizens who do not have adequate training or temperance to resolve the matter, the result is this“, he commented later.
“The important thing here is to cancel any idea that people’s peace and security can be undermined and that messages of extremism can be serious. In my opinion the only penalty that cancels this is the death penaltyMarteau reiterated.
“He jury did not understand the magnitude of the final decision“, lamented the lawyer of Ana Evans, the widow of Hernán Mendoza.
