FIVE INMATES FACE TRIAL IN BEATING.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - Five Latino inmates were ordered on Monday to stand trial on charges of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. in a racially motivated attack at Pitchess Detention Center that left a prisoner comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m , officials said. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Wiatt ruled there was sufficient evidence to try each of the five on one count of attempted murder. Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted is scheduled for Aug. 20. Ramon Brizuela, 27, Carlos Roberto Robledo, 20, Jesus Alberto Fonseca, 24, Antonio Cruz, 19, and Jose Juan Campos, 25, are accused of severely beating Ahmad Burwell, a 21-year-old African-American inmate April 26, during a three-day riot. Burwell remains comatose and is not expected to recover. A sixth defendant pleaded no contest last week to one count of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and one count of violation of civil rights. Authorities asked that his name not be released out of concern for his safety. The three-day fight was attributed to racial tension between Latino and African-American inmates. More than 200 African-American inmates have filed suit against Los Angeles County, saying that deputies failed to protect them from attacks by the Latino inmates and even encouraged racial tension that led to the three-day riot. The suits accuse sheriff's deputies at Pitchess of ignoring warning signs of an impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. riot and of creating a dangerous situation in which inmates were given razors and Latino inmates were allowed to keep the handmade weapons. When the African-American inmates pleaded for help, the deputies shrugged them off and, in some cases, laughed at them, according to the suits. |
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