Reports say El Chapo’s conviction has been upheld by a United States Appeals court and according to the report, his lawyers are disappointed with the decision of the appeals court. What can they do? Head to the supreme court probably.
Here is what is next for El Chapo in his efforts to get out of jail.
The Mexican drug kingpin known as “El Chapo” will stay in prison after a U.S. appeals court refused to overturn his 2019 drug trafficking conviction despite a report that jurors had tracked the case in the media during his blockbuster trial. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Tuesday rejected 10 arguments by the defendant, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, for a new trial, including that deplorable jail conditions undermined his defense.
“I’m sure Mr. Guzman will seek Supreme Court review,” Guzman’s defendant’s lawyer Marc Fernich said in an email. “We’re disappointed that substantial allegations of grave jury misconduct continue to be swept under the rug … all, it appears, because of the defendant’s matchless notoriety.” The office of U.S. Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn declined to comment.
Guzman, 64, was convicted in February 2019 of trafficking billions of dollars of drugs and conspiring to murder enemies, stemming from his role as a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. He has been serving a life sentence at Colorado’s Supermax, the most secure federal prison, and was also ordered to forfeit $12.7 billion.
Guzman’s appeal focused on a Vice News article published one week after the verdict, where an unnamed juror said at least five fellow jurors followed media coverage of the trial, and lied about it to the presiding judge.
They are never letting Chapo out of jail even if the jury misconduct is proven. What do you think they are doing with his $12.7 billion? They should give that money to poor people but we know that isn’t happening.
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