Man Sentenced to Life...

[civic95]

COLUMBUS, GA (AP) -- A Bosnian War refugee has been given a life sentence for murdering a Mexican immigrant at a Columbus construction site in 2004.

Ekrem Jakupovic, 43, was convicted Wednesday in Muscogee County Superior Court of murdering 38-year-old Alfredo Sanchez on Sept. 11, 2004, at Columbus Park Crossing.

Judge Bobby Peters handed down a life sentence, the mandatory sentence for murder in Georgia. Jakupovic was also given a separate 20-year sentence for shooting and wounding Sanchez' brother Juan during the same incident.

Jakupovic, founder of a Lilburn, Ga., construction company, came to the U.S. 11 years ago from Bosnia and was able to bring five brothers to this country. Like Jakupovic, Sanchez was an immigrant. He came to Covington, Ga., from Mexico and owned a welding business that employed several of his brothers.

Jakupovic shot Sanchez to death on the roof of a building, witnesses said. According to testimony, the two men got into a dispute on the ground when Sanchez asked Jakupovic to move construction materials on the roof. The lumber was near the spot that Sanchez and his crew needed to weld to finish the job.

"This is unfortunate," Peters said. "You have two individuals who came to this country from foreign lands. Both men worked hard to build their own companies. Then you had this happen over $600 to $800 worth of lumber."

See, thats a little different than your story. Not saying this is totally accurate either. Either way, what a waste of life, not to mention tax dollars.

[ALVIN]

Thanks Tony for finding that story. But yea I don't think all of that story is completely true. if it was a dispute like that then Sanchez would have died and The Bosnian wouldn't have gotten hurt. I know from what my parents told me that he shot without looking while they were beating him up and Sanchez died in the hospital. I mean either way he will need to appeal this and I think the Bosnian community will help him do so, but it is a waste of tax payers dollar.

He now has a Life sentence (dunno how many years that is) and a 20 year to boot. I am pretty sure in all that time that this will get appealed just do not know yet.

But again thanks Tony for finding this.

[B16a2 Civic]

i live in that county, thats sum bullshit.

[tony]

That is bullshit, and honestly sounds like the jury was racists. Honestly best thing is to try and appeal it, and have the trial moved to a different county, based on racism. And honestly you can do that. Just takes alot of money, and time.

They're both minorities :confused: Where is the racism? All 12 jurors (in a county where there is a high minority population) were racist?

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They're both minorities :confused: Where is the racism? All 12 jurors (in a county where there is a high minority population) were racist?

maybe but he's still "White" to certian types