Does Puerto Rico have death penalty? Felix Verdejo case may see federal law return punishment last used in 1927

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“What I want is justice for Keishla,” the victim’s mother, Keila Ortiz, said at a press conference Thursday, according to the Associated Press. “We’re going through a pain that Tony and I never imagined.” Her father said, however, that despite the brutal nature of the crime, he does not support seeking the death penalty. “That doesn’t solve anything for me. What’s done is done,” he said, according to the AP. “Let him remember every day who my daughter was.”
Does Puerto Rico have the death penalty?
Judge Camille Velez at a hearing last week said, “This is a death penalty-eligible case.” As per the Death Penalty Information Center, a non-profit organization “serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment,” which was founded in 1990, Spanish colonists brought the death penalty to Puerto Rico. The first recorded executions in Puerto Rico, as per the center, took place in 1514 when four slaves were hanged for an uprising.

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