Houston Truckdriver/Human Smuggler Found Guilty In Deaths of 19 illegals

It appears he wasn't charged with murder which is strange since this
looks like a perfect fit for a felony murder charge. Is human
smuggling a misdemeanor in TX.?

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/wo...2fe9cba&k=2148

Houston jury convicts truck driver in deaths of 19 illegal immigrants

Juan A. Lozano, Canadian Press
Published: Monday, December 04, 2006

HOUSTON (AP) - A truck driver was convicted Monday for his role in the
deadliest ever human smuggling attempt in the United States in which
19 illegal immigrants died from dehydration, overheating and
suffocation.

The trial's punishment phase was set to begin on Wednesday and was
expected to last about a week. Jurors will decide whether the driver,
Tyrone Williams, should be sentenced to death or life in prison.

The federal jury convicted Tyrone Williams on 58 counts in the
transportation and deaths of the illegal immigrants during a May 2003
smuggling attempt. His sweltering tractor-trailer was packed with more
than 70 immigrants. The immigrants had scraped at the insulation,
broke out the tail-lights and screamed for help to escape the
tomb-like trailer.

Last year, a jury convicted Williams on 38 transporting counts, but he
avoided a death sentence because the jury couldn't agree on his role
in the smuggling attempt. The jury deadlocked on 20 other counts.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the decision, saying
the verdict didn't count because the jury failed to specify his role
in the crime.

In his retrial, Williams also faced 58 counts of conspiracy,
harbouring and transporting illegal immigrants. Twenty of the counts
carried a possible death penalty.

Since the jury convicted him on counts eligible for the death penalty,
it will now hear evidence in a punishment phase before deliberating on
whether to sentence Williams to death or up to life in prison.

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Speeders & Drunk
Drivers are MURDERERS after reading its favorite gay kid porn mag spewed
forth this all over rec.autos.driving:

> It appears he wasn't charged with murder which is strange since this
> looks like a perfect fit for a felony murder charge. Is human
> smuggling a misdemeanor in TX.?

Dunno, but whomever smuggled *you* into the country deserves to be shot.



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