Hennepin — A former Navy SEAL with a history of mental illness was sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder. Joshua Rosado, 34, accepted a plea agreement in the shooting death of John Luszcz, 24, in 1996. Luszcz, a friend of Rosado, was shot five times at his family's vacation home on Lake Thunderbird.
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ILLINOIS:
Man could face the death penalty----32-year-old is charged with 1996 murder
It will "not be very long" before a decision is made on whether a Galena man charged with murder in a 1996 Putnam County shooting could face the death penalty, the county prosecutor said Thursday.
Joshua K. Rosado, 32, appeared in Putnam County Circuit Court on a 1st-degree murder charge stemming from the July 4, 1996, killing of John Luzscz, 24. Luszcz, then a recent Bradley University graduate, was shot 5 times in the head and torso in a family vacation home at Lake Thunderbird,
a rural Putnam lakeside development.
Rosado has been charged under a statute that could allow a death sentence if enough aggravating factors are proven, and Circuit Judge Kevin Galley asked State's Attorney Norman Raffety during Rosado's formal arraignment
Thursday if he had decided whether to press for that penalty.
The statute allows prosecutors up to 120 days after arraignment to give notice, and Raffety said he had not yet made the decision. But he indicated it likely would be made long before that statutory deadline.
I expect that will not be very long," Raffety said.
County public defender Roger Bolin, who was appointed last week to represent Rosado, raised the question of whether two attorneys certified to defend capital cases should be appointed immediately because of the possibility that death would be sought. State law requires that a
defendant in a capital case have at least 2 attorneys with that special certification.
"Until the death penalty is off the table, it's on the table," Bolin said.
Raffety argued it would "premature at this time" to appoint certified litigators, and Galley withheld any ruling or further discussion until after a preliminary hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Rosado was arrested in Florida and transported to Putnam County last week.
Local authorities have refused to disclose any information about how or when he became a suspect in the shooting of nearly 9 years ago.
Rosado appeared alert and emotionless during the 15-minute hearing, answering a sequence of routine yes-or-no questions from Galley in a firm and clear voice. He's being held without bail in the LaSalle County Jail
because a new facility in Putnam County is not yet ready for inmates.
(source: Peoria Journal Star)
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ILLINOIS:
Man could face the death penalty----32-year-old is charged with 1996 murder
It will "not be very long" before a decision is made on whether a Galena man charged with murder in a 1996 Putnam County shooting could face the death penalty, the county prosecutor said Thursday.
Joshua K. Rosado, 32, appeared in Putnam County Circuit Court on a 1st-degree murder charge stemming from the July 4, 1996, killing of John Luzscz, 24. Luszcz, then a recent Bradley University graduate, was shot 5 times in the head and torso in a family vacation home at Lake Thunderbird,
a rural Putnam lakeside development.
Rosado has been charged under a statute that could allow a death sentence if enough aggravating factors are proven, and Circuit Judge Kevin Galley asked State's Attorney Norman Raffety during Rosado's formal arraignment
Thursday if he had decided whether to press for that penalty.
The statute allows prosecutors up to 120 days after arraignment to give notice, and Raffety said he had not yet made the decision. But he indicated it likely would be made long before that statutory deadline.
I expect that will not be very long," Raffety said.
County public defender Roger Bolin, who was appointed last week to represent Rosado, raised the question of whether two attorneys certified to defend capital cases should be appointed immediately because of the possibility that death would be sought. State law requires that a
defendant in a capital case have at least 2 attorneys with that special certification.
"Until the death penalty is off the table, it's on the table," Bolin said.
Raffety argued it would "premature at this time" to appoint certified litigators, and Galley withheld any ruling or further discussion until after a preliminary hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Rosado was arrested in Florida and transported to Putnam County last week.
Local authorities have refused to disclose any information about how or when he became a suspect in the shooting of nearly 9 years ago.
Rosado appeared alert and emotionless during the 15-minute hearing, answering a sequence of routine yes-or-no questions from Galley in a firm and clear voice. He's being held without bail in the LaSalle County Jail
because a new facility in Putnam County is not yet ready for inmates.
(source: Peoria Journal Star)
Hennepin — A former Navy SEAL with a history of mental illness was sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder. Joshua Rosado, 34, accepted a plea agreement in the shooting death of John Luszcz, 24, in 1996. Luszcz, a friend of Rosado, was shot five times at his family's vacation home on Lake Thunderbird.
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ILLINOIS:
Man could face the death penalty----32-year-old is charged with 1996 murder
It will "not be very long" before a decision is made on whether a Galena man charged with murder in a 1996 Putnam County shooting could face the death penalty, the county prosecutor said Thursday.
Joshua K. Rosado, 32, appeared in Putnam County Circuit Court on a 1st-degree murder charge stemming from the July 4, 1996, killing of John Luzscz, 24. Luszcz, then a recent Bradley University graduate, was shot 5 times in the head and torso in a family vacation home at Lake Thunderbird,
a rural Putnam lakeside development.
Rosado has been charged under a statute that could allow a death sentence if enough aggravating factors are proven, and Circuit Judge Kevin Galley asked State's Attorney Norman Raffety during Rosado's formal arraignment
Thursday if he had decided whether to press for that penalty.
The statute allows prosecutors up to 120 days after arraignment to give notice, and Raffety said he had not yet made the decision. But he indicated it likely would be made long before that statutory deadline.
I expect that will not be very long," Raffety said.
County public defender Roger Bolin, who was appointed last week to represent Rosado, raised the question of whether two attorneys certified to defend capital cases should be appointed immediately because of the possibility that death would be sought. State law requires that a
defendant in a capital case have at least 2 attorneys with that special certification.
"Until the death penalty is off the table, it's on the table," Bolin said.
Raffety argued it would "premature at this time" to appoint certified litigators, and Galley withheld any ruling or further discussion until after a preliminary hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Rosado was arrested in Florida and transported to Putnam County last week.
Local authorities have refused to disclose any information about how or when he became a suspect in the shooting of nearly 9 years ago.
Rosado appeared alert and emotionless during the 15-minute hearing, answering a sequence of routine yes-or-no questions from Galley in a firm and clear voice. He's being held without bail in the LaSalle County Jail
because a new facility in Putnam County is not yet ready for inmates.
(source: Peoria Journal Star)
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ILLINOIS:
Man could face the death penalty----32-year-old is charged with 1996 murder
It will "not be very long" before a decision is made on whether a Galena man charged with murder in a 1996 Putnam County shooting could face the death penalty, the county prosecutor said Thursday.
Joshua K. Rosado, 32, appeared in Putnam County Circuit Court on a 1st-degree murder charge stemming from the July 4, 1996, killing of John Luzscz, 24. Luszcz, then a recent Bradley University graduate, was shot 5 times in the head and torso in a family vacation home at Lake Thunderbird,
a rural Putnam lakeside development.
Rosado has been charged under a statute that could allow a death sentence if enough aggravating factors are proven, and Circuit Judge Kevin Galley asked State's Attorney Norman Raffety during Rosado's formal arraignment
Thursday if he had decided whether to press for that penalty.
The statute allows prosecutors up to 120 days after arraignment to give notice, and Raffety said he had not yet made the decision. But he indicated it likely would be made long before that statutory deadline.
I expect that will not be very long," Raffety said.
County public defender Roger Bolin, who was appointed last week to represent Rosado, raised the question of whether two attorneys certified to defend capital cases should be appointed immediately because of the possibility that death would be sought. State law requires that a
defendant in a capital case have at least 2 attorneys with that special certification.
"Until the death penalty is off the table, it's on the table," Bolin said.
Raffety argued it would "premature at this time" to appoint certified litigators, and Galley withheld any ruling or further discussion until after a preliminary hearing scheduled for next Thursday.
Rosado was arrested in Florida and transported to Putnam County last week.
Local authorities have refused to disclose any information about how or when he became a suspect in the shooting of nearly 9 years ago.
Rosado appeared alert and emotionless during the 15-minute hearing, answering a sequence of routine yes-or-no questions from Galley in a firm and clear voice. He's being held without bail in the LaSalle County Jail
because a new facility in Putnam County is not yet ready for inmates.
(source: Peoria Journal Star)
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