Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ’s accelerated capital punishment process after Border Patrol Agent David Maland’s fatal shooting.
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AttorneysforTeresaYoungblut,thewomanaccusedintheJan.20shootingthatkilledU.S.BorderPatrolAgentDavidMaland,areaccusingtheJusticeDepartmentoforchestratingafast-trackedpathtocapitalpunishmentthatviolatesherconstitutionalrights.
InaJune30motionfiledinfederalcourt,Youngblut’sdefenseteamcalledthegovernment’stimelinefordecidingwhethertopursuethedeathpenalty“unprecedentedlytight”andwarneditcouldrenderthepretrialprocess“anear-pointlessformality.”
“ThisCourtshouldstepintoensureMs.Youngblutreceivesameaningfulopportunitytopersuadethegovernmentnottopursuethedeathpenalty,”themotionsays.
Youngblut,21,hasbeenlinkedbyinvestigatorsto“Ziz,”afringe,self-describedvegan,anti-government,transgender-rightscollectivethatfederalauthoritiessaymaybeconnectedtomultiplehomicidesthroughouttheU.S.
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