Death penalty sought in Dallas office murder 4:29 PM CDT

JOSE_CASTRO_NIECE wrote:

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Common Sense wrote:

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Nothing has been "proven" in a court of law yet, but if you had seen the episode of A&E's "The First 48" detailing this senseless crime and the 48 hours after it, you wouldn't be asking if it's a case of mistaken identity. Jose Castro was positively identified in the images taken from the security cameras in the elevator where he encountered Karen LaFon - by his own parents and niece. And his alibi of "being at home all day watching tv" disintegrated in minutes when his own father said Jose was not home at 5:30pm when his parents got home (the murder took place at 5:20pm). The police then searched Jose's apartment and retrieved from his closet the very same sweatshirt he wore in the security camera videos while riding the elevator for 8 minutes stopping from floor to floor, stepping out and looking around for a victim. I hope there will be some DNA evidence to further bolster their case.
Am I all for Jose getting a fair trial? Absolutely. Am I confident that a jury of his peers will conclude that he is not only a cold-blooded murderer, but one of the stupidest ones at that? Even more so. Had he simply held Ms. LaFon up, not only would he have successfully stolen her bags and spared her life, he might have actually gotten away with it.