American Military News by Kyle Perisic February 06, 2020
A key witness in a murder involving MS-13 gang members was found dead in Long Island thanks to a new criminal justice reform law that requires prosecutors to share witnesses’ identities with defendants.
On Wednesday, Nassau County officials announced that 36-year-old witness Wilmer Maldonado Rodriguez was discovered bludgeoned to death behind an abandoned home in New Cassel on Sunday, New York Post reported.
Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Rodriguez’s death was a result of the discovery laws progressive lawmakers passed in the New York State legislature, which went into effect on Jan. 1.
“The system failed, the system failed,†the commissioner said at a press conference. “This man is dead because we didn’t do enough … and this law is not helping us.â€
Rodriguez was a key witness in an October 2018 attack in which nine MS-13 gang members allegedly stabbed Rodriguez several times and hit him over the head with a bat, officials said. He reportedly intervened when the MS-13 gang members threatened two boys, who they also beat.
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