Wesley Ruiz sentenced to death by Dallas jury

by PegNews wire

When the judge granted the defense team in the sentencing phase of Wesley Ruiz's trial a chance to restate their closing remarks, one of those worthies took the opportunity to demonstrate to the jury how slain officer Mark Nix had smashed the window of Ruiz's car before Ruiz shot him. As part of the demonstration, he (the defense lawyer) used a big stick to whack the front of the jury box.

Unmoved by this dramatic performance (at least from a legal standpoint), jurors came back with the death-by-lethal-injection sentence following an eight hour deliberation.

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Traceyblack3408, says:

You know when I first heard of this guy it was in a phone call from my kid saying that he and his friends had just been ran off the road in a wild police chase through Pleasant Grove, I was working at Dallas County Jail at the time. I wanted to hate this guy for what he could have done to my children that day. But as fate would have it, I was working the infirmary and in came this man, almost child like in his manner or maybe it was that he was terrified from everything that was happening around him. I was deemed "his" nurse, one of only 2 nurses that were allowed to enter his cell or communicate with him. I quickly learned that he wasn't the kind of guy you would expect to see being accused of murder, he was quiet and had a very shy manner to him. I really believe that every story has 2 sides and while you are quick to want to defend the officer, why don't you people take a walk in Mr. Ruiz's shoes. While I worked on the same side as the officer I lived in and grew up on the same streets that Mr. Ruiz did. I know first hand the adversity and prejudice he faced daily, and I can say that some of the treatment he received in the jail was not what it should have been or could have been had the personal feelings of some been put aside. While I don't condone his actions I do understand them and I feel that EVERYONE who wants to make comments about this young man should know the whole story first. What if your son was just driving down the street, got pulled over by officers and was beat but afraid to say a word about it because maybe he is a convicted felon already? Does that make it right? Would it be a different situation because it's your loved one? Come on people get the facts know your city and the officers that patrol your streets, many of which are on a big ol' power trip. Watch the news, you'll see what I am talking about.