Justice not fully served
Suprisingly, the jury only convicted the father of Nixzmary Brown of First Degree Manslaughter rather than Second-Degree murder.
The difference between second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter is subtle. In convicting Mr. Rodriguez, 29, of first-degree manslaughter, the jury determined that Mr. Rodriguez had caused Nixzmary’s death by recklessly engaging in conduct that created a grave risk of serious physical injury. To find him guilty of second-degree murder, the jury would have had to determine that he acted with “depraved indifference to human life.”
Sorry, in my book starving and constantly beating a defenseless child is showing a depraved indifference to human life. Furthemore, the conditions in which they forced her to live, tied up, having to use a litter box…..it’s disgusting and saddening just thinking about it. Even still, this thug should get life without parole for what he did.
Did the prosecution really do such a poor job with the case that they couldn’t get him on Murder-2? Then again, they probably did better than the Queens DA seems to be doing in the Sean Bell trial.