Convicted killer Anthawn Ragan sentenced to life in prison

MIAMI – Jurors rendered a verdict Thursday day successful the punishment signifier proceedings of convicted slayer Anthawn Ragan.

It took astir 2 hours for jurors to scope their determination to condemnation Ragan to beingness successful prison.

Ragan was convicted of first-degree execution past period for the 2013 shooting of 21-year-old Luis Perez.

Perez was gunned down astatine a North Miami motel.

The aforesaid assemblage that convicted Ragan is who decided whether helium should dice for his transgression oregon spell to situation for life.

“You request to determine this lawsuit without emotion,” Assistant State Attorney Scott Warfman told jurors. “You’ll person immoderate emotions, but enactment that to the broadside arsenic you measure what the due verdict is.”

The authorities presented grounds of aggravating factors to beryllium the decease punishment is appropriate, that Perez’s execution was committed successful a cold, calculated and premeditated way, and that Ragan was antecedently convicted of different convulsive crimes.

“The execution of Luis Perez, changeable Kevin Burke connected his bike, walked into Royal Castle armed, threatened Numa Alphonse, with nary effort to conceal his identity,” said Warfman.

As helium did during the guilt phase, Ragan declined to instrumentality the stand.

The defence worked to prevention his life, presenting mitigating factors, including Ragan’s aggregate intelligence wellness conditions, his puerility run-ins with the instrumentality and increasing up successful poverty, with a parent who birthed him astatine 18.

They added that a beingness condemnation is punishment capable for this convicted killer.

“He volition beryllium punished and we volition beryllium safe,” said defence lawyer Tony Moss. “A beingness condemnation without parole volition beryllium much than adequate.”

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