Yaoyu's final judgment

On the afternoon of April 27th, 2065438+0/KLOC-0, local time, Yuyao, a girl studying in the United States, was found guilty in the Criminal Court of Queens, new york, and Carlos, the murderer, was sentenced to 22 years to life imprisonment. The verdict began at noon 12, and the court first invited Yu Guihua, the mother of the victim Yuyao, to speak. Let the murderer remember the eternal harm that his crime has brought to his family. The text of this statement will follow the murderer's file and be filed by the prosecution. In court, Yu Guihua first recalled her daughter's dribs and drabs before her death, as well as her daughter's diligence, hard work and helpfulness. Yu Guihua said that since her daughter died, she often couldn't sleep at night, Lacrimosa. It hurts like a blown head. Life is worse than death. My husband, sister, brother and family are equally miserable. I can't have dinner with my husband anymore. Every time I sit at the dining table and think of my daughter, I can't help crying. I can't swallow it. Yu Guihua also said that we can't go out, and whenever we see the children around us, we think of our daughter. When we see the street that Yuyao once walked, we will think of our daughter. These scenes hurt us all the time, so when we don't go out, our home becomes our "prison" and we live a hellish life. Our hearts have been locked in chains of pain, and no one can set us free, because our sun has set and will never come back. Our hopes were completely dashed.

Yu Guihua recalled the process of her daughter's growth and the tragic situation of the whole family after being hit. She said: my daughter is the spiritual pillar of the whole family, and now the sky is falling! How can such a tragedy happen in the land of freedom and peace that everyone yearns for? ! For forty minutes, she cried and said, but finally she couldn't help it, and she was in tears.

The district attorney held a photo of Yuyao under the Statue of Liberty in court, pointing out that the murderer ruined the American dream of a young woman and the happy life of a family.

Carlos cruz, 28, was handcuffed, with his head down, listening to the complaint relayed by the translator to Guihua. His defense lawyer read letters from his parents, sister and uncle in court to defend him. In his final statement, he expressed regret for his crime and said that alcohol and drugs made him commit the crime.

The judge then expressed sympathy for the victim's misfortune. He said Carlos was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. He was arrested by immigration and has a criminal record in Manhattan. He announced that Carlos was sentenced to 22 years to life imprisonment.

Yu Guihua was not satisfied with this judgment, and came to the Queens District Attorney's Office again to exchange views after the judgment. Prosecutor Brown then held a special press conference, indicating that he did his best to make the murderer confess in the shortest time. Criminals will be imprisoned for at least 22 years.

According to the information provided by the prosecutor's office, Yuyao, an international student who had just arrived in the United States for two months, was hit on the head and all parts of his body by Carlos with an iron pipe on the street in Flushing, Queens, where Chinese people live in concentrated communities, and then grabbed his hair and dragged it to an alley for rape. Yaoyu was found lying in a pool of blood and died after being taken to hospital. After Carlos was arrested, he was charged with first-degree murder. Later, he reached a plea agreement with the prosecution and was sentenced to a lighter second-degree murder.

Dozens of Chinese who attended the verdict came out and expressed dissatisfaction. A woman surnamed Zhang said: This sentence is too light and unfair! This also shows that China people have no place in the United States. Cruise: "I'm willing to apologize a thousand times."

After Yu Guihua, Yuyao's mother filed a complaint, Berta, a lawyer representing the criminal cruise ship, filed a complaint against the criminal cruise ship for actively cooperating with the investigation. Berta also read six letters from Carlos' employer, mother, father, brother, sister and uncle.

Cruise finally took out a piece of paper prepared in advance and read out his statement. Cruise said, "I am willing to apologize a thousand times to make up for the pain caused by the victim's family. I apologize and regret to the families of the victims and the Chinese community for my actions. "

It is understood that criminal Cruise committed a sexual assault case in 2009, leaving a criminal record. Cruise divorced his wife in Mexico before the murder and now has a son. Cruise was in a state of drunkenness for two days before the murder. On the third day, he was drunk and committed a felony in Flushing, attacking and raping Yuyao to death. According to Cruz at the trial site, due to the huge economic pressure before the incident, he was constantly drunk to relieve the pressure. Bout: "I will also sentence him to death."

After listening to Yu Guihua, Yuyao's mother, and the criminal Cruise, Judge Bout announced that the criminal Cruise would be sentenced to 22 years to life imprisonment on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder. Cruise must stay in prison for 22 years and cannot be released early.

Judge Bout said that Cruise is not fit to continue living in this society because he has committed such a felony and he needs to bear all the responsibilities for his crimes.

Regarding Cruise's atrocities, Bout also said: "If possible, I will sentence him to death." Judge Bout said that the victim Yuyao came to the United States to study in order to realize his ideal, but he didn't expect to be so violent by criminals. Judging from the photos of the victim before her death, Yuyao should be a lovely and beautiful girl, but her American dream was shattered, and we all feel sorry for it.

Judge Bout finally thanked Yu Guihua, the mother of the victim Yuyao, for coming from China to attend the trial, and hoped that Yu Guihua's family could bravely face the future life and go on bravely. Everyone prayed for their families.

Richard A.Brown, the prosecutor of the Queens District Prosecutor's Office, also personally met Yu Guihua, Yuyao's mother, and gave him comfort. Brown said that the future, hopes and expectations given to Yuyao by the whole family were all wiped out at the moment when criminals cruised violence. The crime committed by criminal Cruise is unforgivable, and he needs to take full responsibility for his actions. "Killing people pays for their lives, and criminals die without regret."

The Yuyao case has been affecting the hearts of many overseas Chinese since the incident. On the 27th, the trial site was full of Chinese, and 22 members of the Flushing Community Street Watch and Mutual Aid Group attended the trial ceremony that day. Representative Grace Meng of New York State and Representative Xie Yijing of Aikman's office of New York State also attended the trial ceremony.

After the case was pronounced, people present said that 22 years is not a long time for a cruel murderer. After all, according to the tradition in China, killing people pays for their lives. The prison term that criminals bear is not worthy of any sympathy, and death is not worth cherishing.

New york City Councillor Gu Yaming expressed the hope that the murderer would be severely punished by law, and he once again extended his deepest condolences to the victims and their families. Chinese communities should help each other.

The Yuyao case has aroused strong concern in Chinese American society. The cruel means of the murderer and the cold reality that Yuyao was killed in a busy block without help aroused strong repercussions in the community. Zhu, the leader of the overseas Chinese community in new york, organized a "street watch and mutual aid team" and donated money to his mother, calling on Chinese to unite and help each other. At present, nearly 1500 Chinese in new york have joined this mutual aid team.

After the verdict, new york City Councillor Gu Yaming believes that it is more important for the community to work together, give play to the spirit of mutual assistance, dare to commit crimes, improve the public order in Flushing, and make such a tragedy never happen again.

He stressed that calling 9 1 1 does not require identification and there is no obligation to testify in court. I hope the public can make full use of it. Grace Meng also thanked the procuratorate in charge of the case and hoped that Yuyao's family could face everything firmly.