A 37-year-old Mexican national living in Joliet, who was ordered deported in 2012, was given 80 years in prison on Monday after he admitted last May to beating and raping two women, The Chicago Tribune reported.
“You should not have been in this country,” Judge David Carlson told Miguel C. Luna. “The system let the victims down in this case.”
One of the victims applauded as the sentence was handed down.
According to the Chicago Tribune:
Luna pleaded guilty in May to beating and sexually assaulting two women who were running on the trail near Rockdale and Channahon in 2015 and 2016. Luna confessed to raping a third woman who has since died. Prosecutors played in court a videotaped interview the third woman gave to investigators when Luna was arrested in May, 2016.
Prosecutors presented evidence that the early-morning attacks on women were premeditated. In a videotaped confession played in court, Luna admitted wearing surgical gloves, concealing his face and using a shirt to wipe blood off a victim’s arm to remove fingerprints.
Asking the judge for the maximum sentence, Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Fillipitch said Luna “did not want to be caught.”
“If anything, he’d become a more clever and crafty sexual predator if given the opportunity to do so,” she said.
A fugitive warrant for Luna’s arrest was issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but he was never deported. He was arrested in 2015. Facing 16 to 40 years on each of the two felony criminal sexual assault counts, Luna was ordered by Carlson on Monday to serve the sentences consecutively, to serve at least 85 percent of the sentences – which would amount to 68 years – and to register as a sex offender if he is released from prison at some time in the future.
“You were free to do these acts…whether through misguided political correctness or people who do not believe in laws or borders,” Carlson said. “One thing I can do with the sentence is show that...Read More HERE
He did not meet justice yet he is still vertical
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