4 teens charged with capital murder in beating death of USC student

[alp227]

Four teenagers, including two juveniles, were charged Tuesday with capital murder in connection with beating a USC graduate student to death with a bat as he walked near campus.

Jonathan DelCarmen, 19; Andrew Garcia, 18; Alberto Ochoa, 17; and Alejandra Guerrero, 16; each face one count of murder in connection with the death of Xinran Ji, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. The four also face a special allegation that the death occurred during an attempted robbery.

Ochoa, Garcia and Guerrero face an additional special circumstance allegation that they personally used a bat during the crime, prosecutors said.

The four are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon.

full: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-teens-charged-capital-murder-death-usc-student-20140729-story.html

[Suich]

1. I don't even know what to say...

RIP Xinran Ji

[IronGate]

2. Special circumstances?

Doesn't that carry the possibility of the death penalty?

[stranger81]

3. It may. Depends on what the specials are. [n/t]

[IronGate]

4. Thanks. nt.

[Terra Alta]

8. I believe so.

Though the two juveniles won't get the death penalty because of their age at the time of the murder.

[XemaSab]

13. Capital murder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_murder

[get the red out]

5. Throw the book at them

Evil little unredeamable little psyopatic fuckers.

[proverbialwisdom]

6. One article in the NYT on page A16.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/us/california-4-teenagers-charged-with-murder-over-the-beating-of-a-graduate-student.html

U.S. | NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST

California: 4 Teenagers Charged With Murder Over the Beating of a Graduate Student

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JULY 29, 2014

Four teenagers were charged Tuesday with murder in the beating of a University of Southern California graduate student with a baseball bat and wrench as he walked to his off-campus apartment after meeting with a study group. Two of the suspects, ages 16 and 17, were charged as adults in the death of Xinran Ji, 24, an engineering student from China who was attacked early Thursday. He was able to make his way to his apartment despite being hit on the head with the bat. A roommate discovered him dead hours later. The defendants are Alberto Ochoa, 17; Alejandra Guerrero, 16; Andrew Garcia, 18; and Jonathan Del Carmen, 19, prosecutors said. In 2012, two University of Southern California students from China were fatally shot during an off-campus robbery that also took place during the early morning.

A version of this brief appears in print on July 30, 2014, on page A16 of the New York edition with the headline: California: 4 Teenagers Charged With Murder Over the Beating of a Graduate Student.

Two girls (Alejandra, above, and an unnamed 14 year-old) were involved although the younger was only mentioned in early reports.

[proverbialwisdom]

7. With deep sorrow.

http://www.latimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Xinran+Ji&target=all

[JI7]

9. life in prison for all of them

[alp227]

11. Agree, but in reality one of these thugs is going to plea deal "25 to life"

for ratting on the other 3.

[JI7]

12. as long as they get 25 years and hopefully the rest of their life will be miserable

[flvegan]

10. If convicted, good. Fuck them. Life in prison for the lot.

No death penalty, that's the easy way out. Serve every day God gave you in prison, little monsters.

[proverbialwisdom]

14. LATIMES: 14-year-old girl arrested with 4 suspects in slaying of USC student charged with 7 felonies

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-student-killed-teen-20140807-story.html

Teen girl detained after USC student's death charged with 7 felonies
By RICHARD WINTON, KATE MATHER

SHARELINES (link to Twitter and Facebook):

- 14-year-old girl arrested with 4 suspects in slaying of USC student charged with 7 felonies
- Teen girl faces 7 felonies in robbery that led LAPD to identify alleged killers of USC student
- Teen girl whose arrest at Dockweiler Beach led to alleged killers of USC student now faces 7 felonies

August 7, 2014

The 14-year-old arrested with four other teens after a USC student was beaten near campus has been charged with seven felonies in connection with a Dockweiler Beach robbery following the deadly assault, officials said.

The girl, who was not named by prosecutors because of her age, was charged with seven counts related to the July 24 robbery, according to Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

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Four teens - including two juveniles - are charged with murder in the beating death of USC graduate student Xinran Ji.

She faces charges of carjacking, one count of second-degree robbery, one count of attempted second-degree robbery, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault likely to cause great bodily injury during a robbery.

The teen was taken into custody July 24 after a robbery at Dockweiler Beach, Los Angeles police said. She was detained after two victims in the beach holdup contacted police, who spotted her and another teenage girl fleeing.

It was that arrest that eventually led to the capture of four other teenagers -- ages 16 to 19 -- in connection with the beating death of the USC grad student.

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[hifiguy]

15. Throw away the key.

Don't waste countless dollars trying for a capital verdict. Just lock 'em up for good.