| Defendant At
Newburgh Killing At Age 17 Now Gets 17
Year Sentence In SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 20 – Tyrell Whitaker was
seventeen years old when he
took part in a robbery of a
marijuana dealer in Newburgh,
New York that resulted in the
shooting death of Jeffrey
Henry.
On
October 20, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Edgardo Ramos held his
sentencing. Inner City Press
covered it.
Probation was
pushing for a life sentence.
Defense lawyer George Goltzer
pilloried the government for
not considering mitigation. He
had arranged for advocates to
address Judge Ramos over the
public call-in line.
He
insisted that his client is
not "irreparable corrupt,"
citing the Second Circuit case
US v. Delgado.
Judge Ramos
agreed. Still, he sentenced
Whitaker to 17 years
imprisonment.
The case is US v.
Whitaker, 12-cr-626 (Ramos)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 20047, Dag
Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2020 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com
|
,
