Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the two Venezuelan nationals accused of murdering 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg told Fox & Friends.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the two Venezuelan nationals accused of murdering 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston , Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Friday.Ogg told Fox & Friends that the office would be filing a notice of their intention to seek the death penalty in the case against Franklin Pena and Johan Martinez-Rangel.
So we are seeking death because we want the message out there that regardless of who you are, but especially if you are illegally in this country, that you will face the same consequences as anyone else for murdering a child during the course of raping and kidnapping her," Ogg told Fox & Friends.Ogg said she has spoken with Nungaray’s parents and that the family is supportive of the move."I think we don't make the victims choose.
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