The penalty phase goes into its second day in downtown L-A today in the case of a former security guard convicted of the torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son.
The same seven-woman five-man panel earlier this month found 37-year-old Isauro Aguirre guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Gabriel Fernandez in May, 2013.
Trial testimony brought out that the child was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound. A prosecutor yesterday told the jury that Aguirre should get the death penalty.
The defense said there are reasons to spare his life. The prosecution wants the death penalty for both Aguirre and the victim’s 34- year-old mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, who will be tried separately.
— City News Service
