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De'Marquise Kareem ELKINS |
De'Marquise Elkins
De'Marquise Elkins
De'Marquise Elkins
De'Marquise Elkins
De'Marquise Elkins
De'Marquise Elkins, left, and Dominique Lang. Elkins' and Lang's
first appearance hearing
in Magistrate Court was on March 25, 2013.
(AP Photo/Brunswick News, Bobby Haven)
Elkins was spared the death penalty
because the killing occurred when he was 17, which
the U.S. Supreme
Court has ruled is too young to face capital punishment. Under
Georgia
law, the only possible
punishments for Elkins were life with
or without a chance of parole.
( Bob Andres/AP)
De'Marquise Elkins appears in court during his trial in Marietta,
Georgia.
( Johnny Crawford/AP)
De'Marquise Elkins listens to closing arguments in his trial at
Cobb Superior
Court in Marietta, Ga. on Aug. 30, 2013.
(AP Photo/Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Phil Skinner)
De'Marquise Elkins
De’Marquise Elkins, sitting on right, and his mother, Karima
Elkins, sitting on left.
(The Marietta Daily Journal)
Dominique Lang, 15, points out defendant De’Marquise Elkins during
testimony in Marietta.
(Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Brunswick, Ga., District Attorney Jackie Johnson, above, displays
evidence during her closing
argument in
the murder trial of De’Marquise Elkins, right. Elkins was found guilty of murder
in
the March 21 killing
of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago
during an armed robbery. Elkins’
mother, Karimah Elkins,
who was
tried with him, was found guilty of tampering with evidence.
(Phil Skinner/Atlanta
Journal-Constitution)
Sherry West breaks down in tears as she describes the moment
when
her 13-month-old son was killed.
(AP Photo)
The stroller in which little Antonio Santiago was shot and killed
is seen among markers
police left at crime scene.
The victim
Antonio Santiago celebrating his first Christmas in December of
2012.
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