The U.S. Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for Michael Jacques in the murder of Brooke Bennett. 12-year-old Brooke was drugged, raped and murdered by her uncle on June 25, 2008. Her body was found in a shallow grave near Jacques' home a week after she went missing.
The case has been stalled due to the fact a new U.S. Attorney General had to be appointed by the President and a new Vermont U.S. Attorney just took office last week. Vermont does not have a death penalty, but Jacques has been charged under federal law.
After being given the green light by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on August 14, U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin announced Tuesday that prosecutors filed a Notice of Intent to Seek a Sentence of Death.
In the documents filed, prosecutors site five factors and 19 aggravating factors which make Jacques eligible for the death penalty, including Jacques killed Brooke after 'substantial planning and premeditation'.
Federal officials also say Jacques has shown no remorse for the especially heinous, cruel and depraved murder of his niece for which he stands accused.
Brooke's murder led to sweeping sex offender reforms in the Vermont. Jacques is a repeat offender.
Rutland Herald
Washington Post
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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3 comments:
As it should be.
"Jacques' indictment, handed down last October, alleges he used a 14-year-old girl to lure Brooke to his home by getting her to believe she would be a guest at a pool party there. The indictment and supporting affidavits make it clear prosecutors believe the 14-year-old left the home and Jacques drugged, sexually assaulted and then strangled Brooke.
The 14-year-old told police she believed Brooke was destined for a child sex club the teen had been in since she was 9."
SAY WHAT!!???
Breakstone or some silly name like that. It was a fictional sex cult that the uncle had made up to convince the young girls to have sex with him. He would communicate via email with the girls pretending to be someone else running the company and would give the girls orders on what sex acts to perform...under fear of death of course.
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