| In SDNY Angel Crispin in
Shelter Gets 10 Years After Racial
Targeting Issues Dismissed
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 21 – Angel Crispin was
charged with the armed robbery
of a drug dealer in The Bronx;
he sought to introduce
evidence of racial bias and
targeting. This was shot down
on February 3. And on February
21 Angel Crispin came to plead
guilty before Judge Rakoff.
Inner City
Press, which covers the racial
disparities case(s) and issue,
was there. There is (much)
more to be said about this
case and issue. But this
guilty plea, unlike the
February 18 plead of
co-defendent Amaurys
Hernandez, did not go
smoothly.
Crispin
gave different answers about
whether he had a doctor - his
lawyer said he got pills, but
it was not clear if from a
doctor - and Judge Rakoff
almost called off the plea.
But then, including with
encouragement from Crispin's
significant other the only
person in the gallery other
than Inner City Press, it got
back and track.
Crispin
faced a guideline of 188 to
235 months. His sentencing was
set for May 2.
On August 18,
after COVID-related delays,
Crispin's sentencing was held.
Inner City Press, persistent,
covered it. Crispin's lawyer
said he is in a shelter, he
has health issues, these
should be taking into account.
Judge
Rakoff acknowledged that the
health issues should be given
weight, but also the
seriousness of the crime. He
sentenced Crispin to 10 years,
120 months, to begin by
turning himself in to the MCC
on November 16. The case is US
v. Crispin, 19-cr-323
(Rakoff).
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