On this date, December 5, 2019,
Miguel Crespo was sentenced to death for the murder of his transgender cellmate
on October 13, 2013. Another good reason why murderers will kill behind bars. Keep
in mind, Crespo was serving a life sentence for a murder that occurred in Los
Angeles County in 1993. In that case, Crespo shot into an occupied vehicle,
killing one person and severely injuring another.
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Miguel
Crespo (California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
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Man sentenced to death for killing transgender
inmate he was housed with for eight hours
by: Jason Kotowski
Posted: Dec 5, 2019 / 09:52 AM PST / Updated: Dec
5, 2019 / 10:25 AM PST
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man was sentenced to
death Thursday for killing a transgender inmate with whom he was housed for roughly
eight hours at Kern Valley State Prison.
Before the court proceedings began, however, Miguel
Crespo wanted to make it clear he’s not a homosexual and that he told prison
officials he was not compatible with the victim. He said he shouldn’t have been
placed in the same cell with him.
“I had a restriction not to be housed
with a (expletive),” Crespo said, using an anti-gay slur.
The other issue Crespo brought up at sentencing was
having to pay a victim restitution fine. He said he’s indigent and asked Judge
John Oglesby to waive the fine.
Oglesby told Crespo he’d listened to his concerns
and imposed the minimum fine of $300. The maximum fine, the judge told him, is
$10,000.
“Three hundred is fine, judge,” Crespo said with a
laugh.
Crespo, 48, bound, gagged and tortured Carmen
Guerrero before killing him on Oct. 13, 2013.
He alerted correctional officers Guerrero wasn’t
moving. When the first officer arrived, Crespo told him he was going to have to
do some work tonight because he’d killed Guerrero.
Crespo said he killed Guerrero because he was
openly transgender, according to prosecutors.
A jury last month found Crespo guilty of
first-degree murder and assault by a life prisoner, and recommended he be
sentenced to death.
At the time of the murder, Crespo was serving a
life sentence for a murder that occurred in Los Angeles County in 1993. In that
case, Crespo shot into an occupied vehicle, killing one person and severely
injuring another.
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