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I do not forgive them for what they have done to me, and in particular to my companion. Armando Juvenal and Luis Carmona were each sentenced to 22 years in prison for rape, kidnapping and robbery. A probation report showed Carmona has a venereal disease, though his lawyer Michael Hartofilis claimed he was diagnosed after his arrest. Supreme Court Justice Randall Eng said the VD makes this all the more horrific and horrendous. Carlos Rodriguez, who was also charged with sodomy, got the stiffest sentence of 23 years. Yours was the disposition I was most reluctant to take because of your role in this, Eng told Rodriguez. You certainly were involved in the most extreme acts in the victimization of the defendant. The victims boyfriend said no sentence is long enough to make up for the attack, which has permanently scarred his family. There are days when I am afraid of seeing three or four men walking, he said. I do not understand how those people, if in reality you can call them that, could do such a thing. Applebaum said he agreed to accept pleas from all five men in December, strictly to spare the complainant the horror of having to testify at five separate trials. He asked that Rodriguez get the maximum allowed under the deal, 23 years, because he was driving the bus in this case. Applebaum pointed out that it was Rodriguezs shantytown hut by the Long Island Rail Road tracks where the victim was dragged and then repeatedly raped. Rodriguezs lawyer, Garnett Sullivan, disputed Appelbaums claim, saying, There is nothing in the allocutions or the evidence that shows he was the ringleader. The trio were sentenced a week after Victor Cruz was given a 21-year prison term.
Carmona and Rodriguez both made statements of sorrow to the court before they were sentenced yesterday. I have a family and I wouldnt want something like this to happen to anyone in my family, said Carmona, the only member of the group who is legally in the country. ILLEGALHISPANICS 1 posted on 01/23/2004 12:39:43 AM PST by kattracks Post Reply Private Reply View Replies Comment 2 Removed by Moderator To: immigrant_list;
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