Illegal Aliens Could Face Death Penalty After Test Shows Murdered 12-Year-Old was Sexually Assaulted
Harris County DA Kim Ogg has also received backlash after she blamed America’s broken immigration system.
The Houston Forensic Center confirmed Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, had been sexually assaulted.
Two illegal aliens face murder charges after Nungaray’s body was found in a creek in north Houston:
Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, are charged with capital murder in Jocelyn’s death. The girl was strangled.
Both men have been arrested, and at last check, remain in jail on $10 million bond.
According to Texas law, because of Jocelyn’s age, both men were not eligible for the death penalty.
However, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said last week that if sexual assault were found, that would make the case death penalty eligible, and the state would then be able to ask for no bond.
Ogg has also received backlash after she blamed America’s broken immigration system.
“They should have never been released when they crossed over into El Paso, but we have a broken system and Jocelyn’s death resulted. And it’s just hard when you know something could have been prevented like a child’s death,” Ogg told KPRC.
Well, state Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-TX) told Fox News that Harris County has become a sanctuary county:
Meanwhile, crime in the county has become a concern for elected local and state officials.
“Harris County has become a sanctuary for criminals, and the blame is not just on the Biden administration, but it’s on the DA’s office,” Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain, a Republican who lives in Harris County, told Fox News Digital.
Cain also cited local criminal court judges “who have let the world know that Harris County is a safe place for criminals, illegal or legal or otherwise.”
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The illegals should be treated as the invaders they are and turned away at the border. If necessary, deadly force should be used.
b/c of her age? they couldnt be given the death penalty??
“According to Texas law, because of Jocelyn’s age, both men were not eligible for the death penalty.”
Yes. In Texas there are nine criteria that make a murder eligible for capital punishment, one of which is that “the person murders an individual under 10 years of age”. Since this victim was 12, the murder was not eligible under that heading.
But another criterion is that the murder was committed “in the course of committing or attempting to commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat”. So now that we know they didn’t just kill her but also raped her, they can be charged with a capital offense.
(Murder of a victim between 10 and 15 is a special category that counts as “capital murder” for rhetorical purposes but is specifically excluded from an actual capital sentence..
That makes sense, Milhouse. (Well, it doesn’t, actually, but it explains it logically.) The original sentence makes it sound like her being a child excluded the death penalty, instead of “she isn’t young enough for the ‘child’ factor to kick in.” Exclusionary instead of inadequately inclusionary.
And, I hope they repeal all restrictions on the death penalty for first degree murder. It’s the just thing.
more breaks for the criminals = more uncivilized country
Cain also cited local criminal court judges “who have let the world know that Harris County is a safe place for criminals, illegal or legal or otherwise.”
this is all fixable ….
Murdering a 12 year old girl should be quite enough, all by itself, to warrant the death penalty. In fact, any murderer deserves the death penalty. Reciprocity is the foundation of the notion of “fairness”. A murderer forfeits his right to live.
Those who unleashed this animal on us also bear responsibility for this murder. They are accomplices to the crime.
That may be so, but the Republican-controlled Texas legislature disagrees.
As do the voters who keep selecting members of the legislature who refuse to modify the statutes for capital crimes eligible for a potential sentence of death.
We’ll see. It was open season on RINO’s this spring in Texas, and most of them in the Legislature are now gone. Phelan managed to squeak by the skin of his teeth, but it appears he now is such damaged goods that either he can’t be elected Speaker, or he’ll have to commit to abandoning his practice of allying with the Dems.
then rinos would be the correct term
“The Houston Forensic Center confirmed Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, had been sexually assaulted.” That being the case, they should be able to match the DNA of the rapists to the suspects making it an open and shut case.
Rope, Tree and murderers.
Some assembly required.
that is one of my favorite lines
however it is not trademarked 😀
glad to see you feel the same way.
Gravity, it gets the job done! Thank you Isaac Newton!
Hostis Humanis they are no longer entitled to the due process provided to humans. In crimes without a doubt of guilt and heinous in nature; expedited execution is warranted.
Unbelievably, so it’s ok to kidnap and strangle, to death a 12 y/o citizen of the USA
But you dont qualify for the death penalty unless you put your penis in her
It’s your state and your legislature. Controlled by Republicans. Last amended in 2019, and before that in 2011.
Controlled.by a democrat in republican clothing ,
Dade Phelan
and the Speaker before him was also super squishy. Always amazing to see Republican super-majorities decide to “power-share” with the Democrats and even let them chair committees. Dems never do that. Not just Texas but states like Louisiana and Missouri too
Elected by….the voters. If you want the legislature to do.X and the incumbents refuse then you gotta be willing to do the very hard work to throw their ass out and replace them with someone who will.
Not an easy task. Lots of time, money and resources to do it. Most people ain’t willing to make the investment and do the difficult, time consuming work. They leave it to others to do it for them. Some of these same folks then get pissy when their policy preferences get rejected and wonder why the incumbents don’t do the ‘right thing’; the answer is b/c not enough of the folks complaining are willing to roll up their sleeves to do and hard work to throw the bums out.
They will never be executed by the State of Texas. Better a life sentence, no one will bother with endless appeals and being in the general prison population; child rapists and murders will be dead with=in two years.
Wishful thinking
agreed … a death sentence is automatically appealed at tax payer expense .. life without parole …
is just that … and since there has been much press prob on TV as well … they will be well known.
unless TX ships them to another state to do their time … the population will take care of things.
“According to Texas law, because of Jocelyn’s age, both men were not eligible for the death penalty.”
Apparently, you can mess with Texas.
You can’t mess with Texas, but Texas alone decides what constitutes a capital crime. Texas law sets out the criteria, and one of them is that the victim is under ten. That alone, with no other factors, makes it eligible for capital punishment. If the victim is over ten then the age alone is not enough and there must be other factors.
I think the girl’s father should get 5 minutes alone in the room with each of them handcuffed while he gets to carry in a baseball bat. Then the death penalty.
After 38 years of appeals.
They’re eligible for the death penalty even if there is no sexual assault. It’s capital murder either way.
After seeing a comment above I did some reading and I was incorrect. Even though the statute specifically says capital murder convictions are eligible for the death penalty the caveat for 10-14 years of age is buried elsewhere instead of directly in the statute.
Yes, if you look directly at the statute book, it’s confusing because “capital murder” is defined in the Penal Code, but the penalties available for it are defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
But if you look at the Act that made this change, both amendments to the underlying codes are in the same place. In § 2 it amends the Penal Code to add a category for victims aged 10 through 14, but in § 3 it amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to specify that although the newly added category is classed as “capital murder” it’s not really capital after all, so classing it that way is merely for rhetorical effect.
Which is how you know politicians and lawyers were involved.
We often encounter jury nullification. I think it’s time for widespread trial nullification. These two and their ilk should be regularly found to have hanged themselves in their jail cells.
The “soft on crime” DA just said the quite part out loud about the fact that these two despicable pieces of garbage should never have been let in the country. That’s a fact. That does not excuse the fact that Harris County is a sanctuary city. You attract these types because of your virtue signaling County Judge. (That’s the term for their county manager) I am not a lawyer by any means, but it sure seems like the county Judge and the commissioners have to answer for this young girls death. Since “sanctuary city” is nowhere to be found in the State or Federal constitution, there should be no immunity. An enterprising lawyer should be able to sue and pierce the political immunity of those who govern Harris county. FJB
For a crime as heinous as this I believe the punishment should be cruel, unusual and prolonged.
Running them through a tree chipper (feet first and very slowly) would render them into organic material that, after suitable composting, would be wonderful for plants.
And then, for the first time in their rotten lives, they would be useful.
Now, after reading my comment, you know why we have police & courts of law – to protect criminals from people like me.
But if the legal system continues to respect the criminals at the expense of their victims, you can count on that very thin veil being pierced.
This Texas law imposing age requirements for death penalty imposition, is absurd, in my view. From the standpoint of universally applying retributive justice, it’s illogical and can’t be defended.
So, murdering a child under age ten qualifies, but, not murdering a senior citizen, or, anyone younger? Murders should be treated as equally heinous crimes punished severely, irrespective of the age of the victim. Simply put, the age of the victim should have no bearing on the punishment meted out for committing a murder.
I’m willing to impose a second hanging on those who murder someone entirely unable to fight back. But, since they’re already hung, it wouldn’t do much good. I’m an advocate for ALL first degree murder (that is, “with malice aforethought”) being a capital offense, period. Justice.
And lets add in say a murder committed while another crime is occurring like armed robbery bottom line is if you kill someone in the commission of another crime that should give the jury an option for the death penalty. Then add forcible rape and any sexually predatory physical abuse of a child.
Oh yes, felony murder should always be considered first degree murder.
And any aggravated murder.. though the only aggravations I can think of are also other felonies.
The last sentence gets a little tougher, but with adequate evidentiary protections, I’m okay with it.
The key is adding non evidence of ‘:force’ might be a toxicology screen that comes back with ruffies or could be physical marks of battery or evidence like perp’s skin/blood under fingernails for an adult. For minors…about the only exception I can see is a close in age: the frosh female was dating the SR and that consensual (still stupid) behavior ain’t any kind of ‘rape’. One problem with younger children is inconsistency in testimony but with nanny cams, other surveillance that must be in place IMO to help discourage pedos it can be confirmed.
Perhaps we should also legislate that anyone in the country illegally who is found guilty of murder, automatically gets a death sentence.
Where’s Roy Bean when we really need him?
Who are the people organizing the migrant caravans? If they are in the USA, why haven’t they been arrested and charged with a couple million counts of human trafficking?