Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., calls for the swift trial, conviction and execution of the man accused in connection with the gruesome murder of a woman burned alive in a new york city metro.
The outspoken Republican took to social media Tuesday to address the incident, in which Guatemalan national Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is accused of setting a woman on fire while on a train in Brooklyn.
“Death penalty, don’t waste money on a long trial. Convict him and be done with him. What he did is incredibly evil,” Greene declared in a post on saving her is beyond my understanding. Maybe they did, but it doesn’t seem like it.”
Zapeta faces charges of first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson, with a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gestures as she speaks as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the House Office Building. Rayburn House of Representatives on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Greene is not the only member of Congress to weigh in on the case.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., also called for capital punishment.
“Death penalty,” he tweeted.
Rep. Andy BiggsRepublican from Arizona, stated in a post on
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis means via Pool)
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted during her remarks Sunday that Zapeta allegedly “used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became completely submerged in a matter of seconds.” “. Deputy Prosecutor Ari Rottenberg alleged in court Tuesday that the suspect fueled the fire with a T-shirt.
Zapeta’s next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 27, according to online records.
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis means via Pool)
A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement that Zapeta had been removed from the United States in 2018 and then illegally reentered the country at some point “at an unknown date and place.”
Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
