| One Man With Life Sentence
For Burning Man To Death Gets 30 Years Now 2nd
Man Tries
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 2 – Diego B.
Rodriguez was given a life
sentence for the murder and
burning of a victim in The
Bronx in 1999. On September 2
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff held a
"compassionate release"
proceeding. Inner City Press
live tweeted it:
AUSA: Living a
model life in in prison
doesn't merit release, given
the seriousness of his
offense. In his pro se papers
he claims he is factually
innocent. Judge Rakoff: I have
vivid memories of this trial.
Mr. Rodriguez was very much
involved.
AUSA: He now
claims he was just copying and
pasting from a clemency
submission. But he's tried
many times, to get out from
his life sentence.
Judge Rakoff:
It's called compassionate
release. It contemplate
release of those with serious
crimes.
Judge Rakoff says
he won't decide this without
further through, won't be
ruling today.
Inner City Press
wrote that it plan to publish
after Judge Rakoff ruled - and
he did, reducing Rodriguez'
life sentence to 30 years.
On January 13,
Judge Rakoff held another
hearing, this time on
co-defendant Alan Quinones. He
had family letters, but only
one on rehabilitation. For the
victim there were testimony:
do no let him out. Judge
Rakoff asked for more letters
and said he would rule, but
not is less than two weeks.
The case is US v.
Quinones, 00-cr-761 (Rakoff)
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