Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., calls for the swift trial, conviction and execution of the man charged in connection with the gruesome murder of a woman burned alive in the New York City subway.
The outspoken Republican took to social media Tuesday to address the incident, in which Guatemalan national Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is accused of setting a woman on fire while on a train in Brooklyn.
“Death penalty, don’t waste money on a long trial. Convict him and be done with him. What he did is incredibly evil,” Greene declared in a post on saving her is beyond my understanding. Maybe they did, but it doesn’t seem like it.”
Zapeta faces charges of first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson, with a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
SANCTUARY CITY OF NEW YORK PRESSED TO MAKE DRASTIC CHANGE AFTER ALLEGED ILLEGAL MIGRANT BURNS ALIVE WOMAN
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gestures as she speaks as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the House Office Building. the Rayburn House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on July 22. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Greene is not the only member of Congress to weigh in on the case.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., also called for capital punishment.
“Death penalty,” he tweeted.
SUSPECT ACCUSED OF BURNING WOMAN TO DEATH ON NEW YORK SUBWAY WAS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., stated in a post on
Sebastián Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York subway train, will appear in court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Curtis means via Pool)
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New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted during her remarks Sunday that Zapeta allegedly “used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became completely submerged in a matter of seconds.” “. Deputy Prosecutor Ari Rottenberg alleged in court Tuesday that the suspect fueled the fire with a T-shirt.
Zapeta’s next court appearance is scheduled for Friday, according to online records.
Sebastián Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York subway train, will appear in court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Curtis means via Pool)
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A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement that Zapeta had been removed from the United States in 2018 and then illegally re-entered the country at some point “at an unknown date and location.”
Fox News’ Bill Melugin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
