The victim’s grandmother also mistreated him and left him without eating, she also allowed everyone to beat them.
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Patricia Batts, the woman charged with deliberate homicide in connection with the death of her grandson, Alex Hurley was held at the Gallatin County Law and Justice Center, where the death penalty was requested for the woman.
Patricia Batts was reportedly starting his jury trial in May 2022, but Judge John Brown informed the attorney that he is considering will be held until July 2023Although no official date has been set.
Patricia Batts’ story rocked the West Yellowstone community in Montana after 12-year-old James Alexander Hurley was found dead at his grandparents’ house in February 2020. According to police records, after the minor’s death, an investigation was launched where they found chilling evidence of the mistreatment he suffered.
After finding some videos where you could clearly see the constant beatings suffered by Alexander Hurley, which the grandparents gave them, another minor, who was his uncle and another person, recorded the torture they committed.
Four people have been charged in connection with the abuse and death of Alex Hurley. James Sasser III, Alex’s 14-year-old uncle, is charged with deliberate manslaughter and is being held at the Yellowstone Juvenile Service Center in Billings, The blows he gave him on the head caused the death of the minor.
Grandfather James Sasser Jr, who has also been charged with deliberate homicide and criminal endangerment of children, was sentenced to 100 years in prison.. Madison, the aunt, charged with negligent homicide and aggravated kidnapping. Gage Roush, 18, a family friend, charged with felony assault on a minor.
This week Patricia Batts’ defense counsel filed seven motions in the Gallatin County District Court, the majority citing the unconstitutionality of the death penalty in the Batts case.
Craig Shannon, Batts’ defense attorney, began the hearing by saying that the death penalty should not be implemented in this case because Patricia he had neither the intention nor the intent to kill anyone.
The death sentence for Patricia Batts is closer to reality, given the evidence that has been presented over the years. If the woman were guilty under this sentence, I would make it the first in the history of the state of Montana to receive the death penalty.
“Of course, when seeking the maximum penalty, that is of paramount importance to Patricia Batts and of course it’s also very important to the people of the state of Montana,” Gallatin County Prosecutor Marty Lambert told XPAX news.
Prosecutor Lambert says that it is understandable that the defense filed their motions in this case. However, he has written the state’s responses to these motions and will submit them to Judge Brown.
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