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For: The Opinion Updated 09 Feb 2022, 14: 49 pm EST
In the year 2019, Jackson Weller lost his life at the hands of Darian Bashir, who shot, killing him instantly. The young African-American received his sentence from the judge Cindy Leos of a minimum of 49 years for first degree murder.
During the hearing held in the Bernalillo County District Court, the family of Jackson Weller, a player on the University of New Mexico baseball team; as described by his parents, he was a young man with many projects and dreams that were truncated. Likewise, there was the family of Darian Bashir, among them his little son who suffers from autism .
Judge Cindy Leos explained that the security video in where the execution of Weller, by Bishir, was sufficient proof of his conviction, since it is observed how the aggressor shot and left the place “by chance”. Bashir stated during the hearing that his client felt threatened at the time of the shooting because he was a black man. They also argued that he was scared because two players were offending him.
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The judge stressed that: “There was no evidence of a racially motivated crime from Jackson’s perspective.” District Attorney John Duran pointed out: “He murdered him without provocation.”
Bashir’s mother asked the judge for mercy because they will take away for life the father of her grandson, who suffers from autism . The accused and convicted apologized to the Weller family and his own family .
Darian Bashir from 26 years, you will remain in the New Mexico jail for a minimum of 33 years and will be until year 2055, when eligible to apply for parole.
The fatal accident occurred on May 4, 2019, outside the Nob Hill nightclub. It all started in a fight between Weller and other people, where Bashir was not involved, but one of his friends did. The defendant arrived at the scene and went to Jackson and his friend to ask if they had been part of the disturbance and then told them to follow him, as soon as they took a few steps, Bashir turned and shot Weller in the chest.
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