Tag: Arellano-Felix
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Thu Jun 18, 2015 at 02:34:47 PM EST
Tags: Arellano-Felix (all tags)
Posted on Thu Jun 18, 2015 at 02:34:47 PM EST
Tags: Arellano-Felix (all tags)
It was a big deal back in 2007 when Francisco Javier Arrellano-Felix was sentenced to life in prison.
In 2014, the judge reduced it to 23.5 years. Everything was sealed until this week when the Judge released a 9 page order denying a request by Arellano-Felix's lawyer to reduce it more, saying the government was too stingy with its 40% reduction for cooperation.
Arellano-Felix has been held in severe conditions and 23 hours a day lockdown for most of the time, although he's flown around the country and to Mexico with the DEA to cooperate. The Judge acknowledges the harsh conditions, but quotes a line from a Merle Haggard song, "And the joint [is] a bad place to be." [More...]
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