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Court OK's Death Penalty With Non-Violent Priors

By Jonathan Byrne

US v. Caro: Caro was convicted of drug offenses and given a 30 year sentence. In prison he became a leader in the Texas Syndicate. After being transferred to USP Lee, he was involved with the murder of another inmate and fellow Syndicate member, for which Caro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit homicide, received an addition 27-year sentence, and was transferred to SHU. Weeks later, Caro strangled his cell mate in SHU, not for any reason relating to the Syndicate, but because his cell mate "called me mother fucker, that whore, that's why I fucked him up." Caro was charged with first-degree murder and the Government filed a notice that it would seek the death penalty. Caro was convicted and sentenced to death.Caro raised several objections to his conviction and sentence on appeal, all of which the Fourth Circuit rejected...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on March 31, 2010 (boomark / email).