Patrick Crusius faces 90 federal charges for his alleged role in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
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“The United States of America hereby notifies the Court and Defendant Patrick Wood Crusius that the Government will not seek the death penalty,” the Justice Department said in a filing…
Justin Underwood, an attorney representing the family of Walmart shooting victim Alexander Hoffman, said they were disappointed by the Justice Department’s decision “They’re disappointed the U.S. government won’t seek the death penalty on a mass murderer who drove 10 hours to seek out and kill Hispanic and Mexican people,” Mr. Underwood said. “If this guy doesn’t qualify for the death penalty, why on earth do we even have a federal death penalty statute?”…
“This might not be the Christian thing for me to say, but some people need to be killed and he certainly qualifies,” Mr. Underwood said. “I just put my faith in the state of Texas to seek justice in this case.”
If Dirty Harry didn’t say “some people need to be killed” then he should have.