Begaye Wants Sentence Reversed

TWO YEARS AGO, TOM BEGAYE PLED GUILTY TO RAPING AND MURDERING A YOUNG GIRL ON THE NAVAJO NATION IN NEW MEXICO. NOW, HE’S ASKING THAT HIS LIFE SENTENCE BE REVERSED…CLAIMING HE’S DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND DIDN’T UNDERSTAND HIS LEGAL RIGHTS. KRQE TV REPORTS THAT BEGAYE MADE THE REQUEST IN A TEN PAGE HAND-WRITTEN MOTION. ASHLYNNE MIKE WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS KILLED IN 2016.

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