BEEN DISCOVERED.
(HE)
A PAWTUCKET FATHER
WILL SPENT THE REST OF
HIS LIFE IN JAIL -- FOR
MURDERING HIS TEN-
YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
(MM)
THE JUDGE CHOOSING TO
HAND DOWN THE
MAXIMUM SENTENCE
TODAY AGAINST JORGE
DEPINA.
THAT'S DESPITE DEPINA
ADDRESSING THE COURT--
TALKING ABOUT HIS
DAUGHTER ALEIDA, AND
ASKING FOR A LESSER
SENTENCE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
WAS IN COURT FOR
TODAY'S SENTENCING--
SHE'S LIVE FROM THE
PROVIDENCE MOBILE
NEWSROOM--
WITH WHAT HAPPENED.
KAIT?
(KW)
PROVIDENCE SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGE NETTI
VOGEL SAID IN HER 23
YEARS ON THE BENCH -
SHE HASNT HAD A CASE
THIS DISTURBING.
WE WERE THERE AS
JORGE DEPINA MADE HIS
CASE FOR A LESSER
SENTENCE - BUT THE
JUDGE SAID HIS LACK OF
REMORSE ACTUALLY
MADE HIS SENTENCE
WORSE.
NEARLY 5 YEARS AFTER KILLING
HIS DAUGHTER - JORGE DEPINA
OF PAWTUCKET FOUND OUT HIS
FATE IN PROVIDENCE SUPERIOR
COURT WEDNESDAY MORNING.
"He needs to be punished for
what
he did to that little girl. I
hereby
sentence you sir to a term of
life at
the adult correctional
institutions."
JUDGE NETTI VOGEL GAVE HIM
THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR
SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
EYEWITNESS NEWS WAS IN
COURT LAST MONTH WHEN A
JURY FOUND DEPINA GUILTY OF
KILLING HIS 10-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER ALEIDA AFTER THEY
WATCHED VIDEOS OF HIM
BEATING AND WHIPPING HIS
DAUGHTER - AND HEARING HER
SCREAM - AN AUTOPSY REPORT
CONFIRMING SHE DIED OF A
PERFORATED BOWEL FROM
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA ON JULY
3, 2013.
BUT DEPINA SPOKE AT THE
SENTENCING IN CAPE VERDEAN
CREOLE- SAYING THROUGH AN
INTERPRETER HE DIDNT KILL
HIS DAUGHTER.
"I didn't know she was in pain.
In all
7 videos, you didn't seem me
once
punch or kick my child. Once."
JUDGE VOGEL SAID HIS
UNCONTROLLABLE CRYING
WASNT FOR HIS DAUGHTER
BUT FOR HIMSELF.
"You are indeed a sadist. An
evil,
self-involved excuse for a man."
AFTER THE SENTENCING - WE
SPOKE WITH THE
PROSECUTION OUTSIDE COURT
- AS JURORS STOODBY -
TELLING US THEY WERE
PLEASED WITH THE
SENTENCING.
"The family supported the
defendant, which is their rite.
But it
was tough. The only one that
could
speak for her, is us and I was
happy
to do it."
(KW)
IN TRIAL - THE STATE HAD
ASKED FOR FIRST DEGREE
MURDER WHICH BRINGS
WITH IT LIFE WITHOUT
PAROLE.
BUT THE JURY SETTLED
ON SECOND - MEANING
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
FOR PAROLE.
NEW AT 6 - FIND OUT WHY
THE STATE SAYS DEPINA IS
NOT CAPABLE OF
REHABILITATION.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE - IM
KAIT WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
(HE)
FIRST AT SIX -- THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS ...
...ON THE SENTECING OF
A PAWTUCKET FATHER --
CONVICTED OF
MURDERING HIS OWN
DAUGHTER.
(MM)
JORGE DEPINA WAS
FOUND GUILTY OF
BEATING HIS 10-YEAR OLD
ALEIDA TO DEATH.
AND TODAY A JUDGE
HANDED DOWN THE
MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF
LIFE IN PRISON.
NEW AT SIX -- WHY THE
PROSECUTION SAYS------
DEPINA IS NOT CAPABLE
OF REHABILITATION.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
WAS INSIDE COURT FOR
SENTENCING TODAY --
SHE'S HERE LIVE IN
PROVIDENCE WITH MORE.
KAIT?
(KW)
THIS WAS AN EMOTIONAL
AND DISTURBING TRIAL
FOR JURORS - THE
PROSECUTION - AND
JUDGE NETTI VOGEL.
THE SENTENCING WAS NO
DIFFERENT - AS THE
PROSECUTION SPOKE
PASSIONATELY - AND
JORGE DEPINA CRIED
UNCONTROLLABLY.
BUT JUDGE VOGEL SAID
SHE WAS CONVINCED
THOSE TEARS WERENT
FOR HIS DAUGHTER - BUT
FOR HIMSELF.
LIFE IN PRISON - THE MAXIMUM
SENTENCE FOR JORGE DEPINA
OF PAWTUCKET - CONVICTED
OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER
IN THE DEATH OF HIS 10-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER ALEIDA.
"He took her life. He should do
life."
THE PROSECUTION DESCRIBED
WHAT JURORS SAW IN THE
THREE WEEK TRIAL - VIDEOS
DEPINA RECORDED OF HIM
BEATING - WHIPPING - AND
ABUSING HIS DAUGHTER AS
SHE SCREAMED.
AN AUTOPSY CONFIRMING A
FINAL BLOW OF BLUNT FORCE
TRAUMA WAS WHAT
PERFORATED HER BOWEL AND
KILLED HER.
DEPINA TRIED TO DEFEND
HIMSELF - SPEAKING IN CAPE
VERDEAN CREOLE THROUGH
AN INTERPRETER.
"My mom used to beat me a lot. I
know that whipping doesn't
kill."
JUDGE NETTI VOGEL.
"This is a man who needs to be
removed from society for the
safety
JUDGE NETTI VOGEL.
"This is a man who needs to be
removed from society for the
safety
of children for the rest of his
life."
THE PROSECUTION
CONFIRMING HE ALREADY HAS
A RECORD IN PRISON AND CANT
BE REHABILITATED.
"39 infractions since he's been
in
the ACI. Disruption. Tampering.
Failure to comply. Threatening.
Fighting..."
AS HE WAS REMOVED - DEPINA
SHOUTED AT THE JUDGE.
"In Creole: God have mercy on
your
soul...you b"
(KW)
AT LEAST 5 OR 6 JURORS
WATCHED THE
SENTENCING TODAY AND
DIDNT WANT TO SPEAK ON
CAMERA BUT TOLD ME
THEY WERE PLEASED
WITH THE SENTENCING.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE, IM
KAIT WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.