Opinion
Petition to free teens accused of killing stepfather over alleged abuse hits 400K signatures, Governor silent
Greater than 400,000 folks have signed a on-line petition calling for the discharge of two Texas brothers and a pal who had been arrested for beating their stepfather to dying after he was accused of sexually abusing their half-sister.
Gov. Greg Abbott is silent after receiving a request from Fox Information to search out out if he would think about commuting or pardoning the three teenagers.
Alejandro and Christian Trevino, together with pal Juan Eduardo Melendez, all 18, are accused of beating Gabriel Quintanilla, 42, and leaving him to die in a area in McAllen the place his physique was found by a farmer.
From left to proper: Alejandro Trevino, Christian Trevino, Juan Eduardo Melendez
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Police say Quintanilla had been accused of steady sexual assault in 2019. The case is unrelated to the outcry authorities consider induced the Trevino brothers, together with pal Melendez, to beat Quintanilla.
“I don’t suppose there’s anybody in America that may’t sympathize with two brothers performing the best way they did in response to somebody who had violently raped their little sister,” lawyer and former decide Charles “Large Indignant” Adams instructed FOX 26 Houston.
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“So now you may have two younger youngsters claiming that they had been sexually assaulted by this man, proper? And if these two brothers and the pal had been conscious, I believe it offers a rationale, a justification, that lots of people can perceive,” Adams stated.
The Texas State Capitol is seen on the primary day of the 87th Legislature’s third particular session on September 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas.
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Melendez is charged with partaking in organized legal exercise, homicide, aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and possession of marijuana.
Christian Trevino is charged with aggravated assault, homicide and interesting in organized legal exercise. Alejandro Trevino is charged with partaking in organized legal exercise and aggravated assault.
