Accused Florida Airport Shooter to Avoid Death Penalty in Plea Deal

[TomSea]

Accused Florida Airport Shooter to Avoid Death Penalty in Plea Deal

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A U.S. Iraq war veteran agreed on Tuesday to plead guilty to killing five people at a Florida airport last year in exchange for prosecutors not pursuing the death penalty, a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors said.

Esteban Santiago, 28, is accused of opening fire in the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale airport on Jan. 6, 2017. U.S. prosecutors said in federal court on Tuesday that they would not seek the death penalty for Santiago.

Santiago, who had served in the Puerto Rico and Alaska National Guard and was deployed to Iraq from 2010 to 2011, was accused of carrying out the attack with a handgun and ammunition he had checked in his luggage.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2018-05-01/accused-florida-airport-shooter-to-plead-guilty-get-life-sentence-report

I don't go along with the AP saying in the opening line that this was an Iraq war veteran, otherwise, just updating this story which I do remember.

[Fishrrman]

This "plea" should have never been permitted.

Kill five people... the death penalty.

It's as simple as that.

[sneakypete]

This "plea" should have never been permitted.

Kill five people... the death penalty.

It's as simple as that.

Yup. The trash ain't going to take itself out.