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Defendant Pleads Guilty to 3 Execution-Style Murders in Newark

By Lependorf & Silverstein

On August 4, 2007, three people were shot and killed execution-style in a school yard in Newark, according to The Associated Press. One more victim, who survived, was sexually assaulted, shot in the head and slashed with a machete. On September 21, 2010, the 21-year old defendant who was accused of committing the three murders pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced in early November. According to the article, the slayings were an initiation into the Central American gang, MS-13. The defendant was one of a group of suspects who allegedly committed the murders with one suspect being sentenced to over 200 years in prison on 17 felony charges. Murder charges are serious and can carry long prison sentences. For someone who is facing charges of murder in New Jersey, a prison sentence is a life altering event that can have a devastating effect on one?s life, especially if the accused person did not commit the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).