Julian Alejandro Mendez
Facts of the Crime:
On February 4, 2000, Mendez, a gang member, beat Michael Faria, 15, and then shot him twice, including once in the head. Mendez then ordered another gang member to shoot Jessica Salazar, 14, because she was able to identify Mendez as the shooter. The other gang member refused to shoot Salazar so Mendez ultimately shot her. In mitigation, the defense argued Mendez had spent most of his life in a gang, and his father had spent half of his life in prison because of drug usage.
On November 14, 2004, Mendez was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County.
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