- Ronell Wilson
Ronell Earl Wilson (born c. 1982) was convicted of the
2003 capital murder of twoundercover New York City police officers inStaten Island ,New York . His trial before JudgeNicholas Garaufis of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York began onNovember 27 ,2006 . OnDecember 20 ,2006 , he was found guilty of the capital murders as well as other related charges. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/nyregion/20cnd-verdict.html?hp&ex=1166677200&en=4b1860ae47c8d99b&ei=5094&partner=homepage] OnJanuary 30 ,2007 , Wilson was sentenced to death, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/nyregion/30cnd-death.html] the first such sentence by a federal jury in New York since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988. [http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/489122p-411815c.html]Prosecutors alleged Wilson was the leader of a violent drug gang called the "Stapleton Crew" (witnesses at the trial denied using that label) that originated in the Stapleton housing projects of Staten Island. He was convicted for murdering
NYPD Detectives James Nemorin andRodney Andrews in a gun sale, then searching their bodies and stealing their car. Victim's family members and fellow police officers greeted pronouncement of his death sentence with cheers and applause, Wilson's reaction of sticking his tongue out in their direction [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/pageoneplus/corrections.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print] was denounced by the local tabloids. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312007/news/regionalnews/fry_baby_regionalnews_stefanie_cohen.htm?page=0]The case has attracted media attention, because of the brutality of the murders as well as the rarity of a death penalty prosecution in New York. Wilson is the first person federally sentenced to the death penalty in New York in over 50 years. [http://www.amny.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-officers-shot,0,6371348.story] Wilson was originally charged in New York state court, but the federal government took over the prosecution after the
New York Court of Appeals held that the state's death penalty statute violated theNew York State Constitution .He is currently held at the United States Penitentiary in
Terre Haute, Indiana .External links
*http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/nyregion/28trial.html?ref=nyregion
*http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7537
*http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_nypost-deadly_silence.htm
*http://www.amny.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-officers-shot,0,6371348.story
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Wilson&Middle=&FirstName=Ronell&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 Inmate Locator] . "Federal Bureau of Prisons ". Retrieved on2007-11-25 .
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