| Murder Charge in SDNY Had
Johnson Eligible for Death Penalty
Now Pleads to Conspiracy
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 29 – Paul Johnson was
presented on December 19 on
charges of a death
penalty-eligible murder in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates court, which Inner
City Press closely covers.
The
indictment puts the date of
the murder as February 6, 2022
and the victim as Jayquan
McKenley. There is a Notice of
Special Sentencing Factors,
and Special Findings.
On Saturday, December 21 the
Assistant US Attorney wrote in
asking for the next conference
to be on February 7, 2025.
Jump cut to
October 2, 2025 when the US
Attorney's Office asked to
push the October 10 conference
to November 21: "The defense
presented to the Department's
Capital Case Section on June
24, 2025 and the Government is
still awaiting a final
decision."
Jump cut to July
29, 2026. Inner City Press
learned Johnson would plead
guilty. Supporters and family
of the victim were there, and
Inner City Press live tweeted.
He did not plead guilty to
murder, but rather conspiracy,
with a ten year minimum.
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case
is USA v. Johnson, 1:24-cr-706
(Marrero)
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