(Fort Lauderdale, FL) — Closing arguments today in the sentencing trial of Jason Banegas who has pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of a Hollywood police officer in 2021.
His attorney, Krista Richman, telling the jury that they must choose from one of two punishments, and they are both severe: Life in prison without the possibility of parole or death.
She said Banegas was a child of 18 at the time of the incident and just 10 months earlier he would not have been eligible for death…