Arrr, the trial o' th' Arizona border rancher, accused o' sending a migrant to Davy Jones' locker, be halfway done!
2024-04-08
Arr mateys, as the trial of that Arizona rancher accused of shooting a migrant on his land continues, the jurors be a'headin' to the ranch for a visit. Arrr, let's see if they find any buried treasure or just a guilty scallywag!
Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property will be allowed to visit the ranch near the border with Mexico as the trial enters its second half. Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court said he would allow the visit but has not set a day and time. The judge denied a request by news media to accompany jurors on the visit to 75-year-old George Alan Kelly's ranch.The visit is intended to help jurors in the "fair determination of the allegations in this case," but restrictions on questioning jurors and capturing images of them make it difficult for news media to go. In 2018, federal jurors in a trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged in a fatal shooting across the Mexican border were taken to the scene of the shooting to observe conditions. The trial against Kelly includes testimony from his wife and a migrant who witnessed the shooting.Kelly was charged in the fatal shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who lived in Nogales, Mexico. Prosecutors claim Kelly recklessly fired an AK-47 rifle toward migrants on his ranch, but Kelly and his defense team deny this narrative. The trial is expected to conclude in April amid ongoing debates about border security in the presidential race.