Federal prosecutors are seeking a stiff five-year prison sentence for the so-called straw purchaser of the gun used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French and seriously wound her partner — insisting that the man “shares blame for what happened to those officers.”
The Chicago Police Department honored Officer Ella French on what would have been her 31st birthday Wednesday.Federal prosecutors are seeking a stiff five-year prison sentence for the so-called straw purchaser of the gun used to killand seriously wound her partner — insisting that the man "shares blame for what happened to those officers."
In a court memo filed this week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Prashant Kolluri wrote that federal sentencing guidelines call for only up to two years in prison for Danzy. However, the prosecutor argued the case "falls well outside the heartland of straw-purchaser cases" and calls for a tougher sentence. During that stop, Emonte Morgan opened fire with the gun, killing French and shooting Yanez in the head multiple times, according to the prosecutor. Eric Morgan then allegedly fled with the .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol and still had it when he was later arrested.against the Morgans, including murder charges against Emonte Morgan. The brothers have pleaded not guilty.
French was killed just a few weeks after Attorney General Merrick Garland came to Chicago to launch an initiative meant to curb gun violence, in part, by targeting straw purchasers.
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