With the death penalty off the table, the maximum federal sentence Patrick Crusius faces is life in prison.
Patrick Crusius, the man accused of murdering 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, will plead guilty to federal hate crimes charges, his attorneys said in a court filing on Saturday.The man accused of murdering 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 will plead guilty to federal hate crimes charges, his attorneys said in a court filing on Saturday.would not seek the death penalty
The announcement that Crusius would plead guilty was in a motion filed by defense attorney Felix Valenzuela asking that his client be rearraigned on the federal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office hasn’t yet responded to the motion. U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama, who is presiding over the federal charges, has not scheduled a date for rearraignment.
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