Chicago – In 1998 Israel Ruiz admitted that he had shot the “wrong guy” when he killed a man who held a child On a corner of Chicago Street. A jury sentenced Ruiz and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
According to the Law of Illinois, murder sentences are not eligible for reductions in “good behavior” or other credits. Time must be served 100%. Ruiz will remain in prison until November 3, 2038, unless he dies for it.
Ruiz, however, believes that he should be released earlier because a law from 2019 “Juvenile condition‘Gives people convicted of crimes committed before they became 21 a chance to get out of prison. Ruiz was 18 when he killed Nathaniel Walls, 29, and the 3-year-old Malik walls, who was in his father’s arms.
Shooting
Walls stood on the corner of the 90th and Brandon, waiting for Malik’s mother to join a trip to the supermarket in November 1998. The intersection was a border between Latin counts and gangster disciples gang turf.
Ruiz shot from one side of the intersection to rivals on the other. He missed his intended goals, instead he hit Nathaniel walls in the head while holding Malik. Walls collapsed when she was shot and fell on top of his son, injuring him, according to a summary included in a 2003 Appellate Court Decision Maintaining the conviction and punishment of Ruiz.
Police officers quickly found the Ford expedition from which Ruiz shot. While it was running away from the police, someone threw a gun out of the car. Researchers found the firearm and found that it was the murder weapon.
In the end, Ruiz admitted to the police that he shot the “wrong guy” when he killed walls, said the decision of the Court of Appeal.
Juvenile conditional release
The 2019 “Juvenile conditionWith many supporters who pointed to one passed Study 2013 That thought that human brains did not fully develop until a person is about 25 years old. While supporters often talked about ‘children’ who were handed over long penalties for horrible crimes committed as young people, the law applies to convicts who were as old at the time of crime as 20.
In 2022, Ruiz filed a federal lawsuit against government officials and claimed that a two-tone legal system one for people convicted during the “youthful conditional release” era and someone else is for people such as he-or-round-statutory.
Judge of the American district John Blakely rejected the case last April. Blakely’s opinion called the finding of another court: “The eighth amendment” is not a ratchet that makes a strict system of fines unconstitutional when a more flexible is assumed, a theory that would have the perverse effect to the legislators Discourage to lower criminal sentences. “”
Ruiz took the business to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard arguments last week. The decision is expected later this year.
Courthhouse News Service was the first to report on the profession of Ruiz.
