Jesus Sanchez, 2nd Degree Murder, Louisiana 2014

A brutal attack at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Pollock in Louisiana has led to a lengthy prison sentence for one of the perpetrators. Jesus Sanchez, 37, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate, was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for second degree murder.

According to evidence presented to the court, on or about June 18, 2014, an inmate arrived at the USP Pollock. At approximately 7:23 p.m. on that day, cellmates Jesus Sanchez and his co-defendant, David Cortez, aided and abetted by each other, stabbed the newly arrived inmate with a knife on the recreation yard at USP Pollock.

The inmate victim had 19 stab wounds in his upper and lower back, chest, shoulders, arms, neck, and head, and later died at the hospital from injuries sustained from the stabbing. Sanchez and Cortez admitted to killing the inmate victim with malice aforethought.

Cortez previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder in connection with this incident and was sentenced to 350 months to run consecutive to the federal sentence he was already serving.

The FBI investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary J. Mudrick prosecuted the case.

Jesús Sánchez, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for second degree murder. Sanchez, 37, stabbed a fellow inmate, resulting in the inmate's death. Sanchez was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.

Jesus Sanchez, who was sentenced to 360 months in prison, was involved in a violent attack at the USP Pollock in Louisiana. Sanchez, along with his co-defendant, David Cortez, stabbed a fellow inmate, resulting in the inmate's death. The FBI investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary J. Mudrick prosecuted the case.

The crime occurred on June 18, 2014, at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Pollock in Louisiana. Sanchez and Cortez, his cellmate, stabbed the inmate with a knife on the recreation yard at USP Pollock. The inmate died from injuries sustained from the stabbing.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/federal-penitentiary-prisoner-sentenced-killing-fellow-inmate