Boston D.A. asks Ashcroft to not Seek the Death Penalty in Brima Wurie Case
Monday, August 9, 2004 at 02:02PM
TheSpook
Out of 20 men on federal death row, 17 are minorities.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley, fearful the
feds could alienate black leaders helping battle back violence in
Boston, is urging Attorney General John Ashcroft not to seek lethal
injection for a 25-year-old Dorchester gangster charged with killing a
rival. The Boston DA sent a personal appeal asking Ashcroft to spare
Cape Verdean drug dealer Brima Wurie from becoming the third young
black male in Massachusetts to face federal execution, the Herald has
learned. Wurie is accused of the racketeering murder of rival Luis
Carvalho in a Boston garage on Feb. 17, 2000. The TenPoint Coaltion,
whose leaders helped drive down spiraling murder rates in Boston a
decade ago, oppose the use of the federal death penalty in fighting
street violence, citing racial and socioeconomic disparities in use of
the law. [more]
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