SAN FRANCISCO — Greater than two years after indicating they'd search demise in opposition to an alleged Bay Space gang member charged with murdering three folks, federal prosecutors have reversed course, submitting courtroom papers that say execution is now not on the desk.
In December 2019, the U.S. Division of Justice indicated that Michael “Gallo” Rebolledo, 33, can be the lone defendant to face a possible demise sentence out of 10 alleged Sureño gang members charged with a complete of seven homicide counts and several other different shootings. In a courtroom doc reversing the choice, filed July 12, prosecutors didn’t state the rationale demise is now not being sought.
President Joe Biden promised throughout the 2020 marketing campaign to finish federal demise sentences, which have been resumed beneath the Trump administration, leading to 13 executions. However whereas some federal prosecutors have since introduced their intent to not search demise in a number of high-profile circumstances throughout america, others are behaving as whether it is nonetheless an choice. In Sacramento, as an example, the U.S. Legal professional’s workplace has not but formally dominated out searching for demise for a number of alleged Aryan Brotherhood members charged with having a hand in deadly jail stabbings.
Rebolledo is alleged to be a founding member of the sixteenth Avenue Sureños who has participated in quite a few shootings and distributed firearms to fellow gang members. Along with the three murders, prosecutors say Rebolledo had a hand in two shootings the place victims have been paralyzed.
In 2018, he and 9 others have been charged beneath the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, also referred to as RICO, with seven homicide expenses, stemming from six homicides in San Francisco and one in Richmond. The opposite defendants are recognized as Jonathan “Trompo” Aguilar, 32; Luis “Lonely Boy” Cid-Salinas, 34; Juan “Huero” Gallardo, 30; Josue “Ghost” Gonzalez, 37; Orlando “Chisto” Hernandez, 36; Mario “Shy Boy” Reyes, 39; Luis “Grizzly” Rojas, 32; Eddy “Rhino” Urbina, 30; and Weston “Cartoon” Venegas, 31.
All 10 defendants are alleged to be a part of two completely different Sureño subset gangs, primarily based on sixteenth and nineteenth streets in San Francisco. No trial date has been set.