After seven weeks of testimony from more than 100 witnesses and three days of closing arguments, a federal jury on Thursday began deliberating the fates of reputed Wicked Town gang leaders.
A bullet-riddled car sits at the intersection of Hubbard Street and Lamon Avenue, where 21-year-old Ernest"Pee Wee" Moore was slain on Dec. 23, 2002, allegedly by members of the Wicked Town gang.
Now, after seven weeks of testimony from more than 100 witnesses and three days of closing arguments, the jury on Thursday began deliberating the fates of reputed Wicked Town leader Donald Lee, and one of his alleged “shooters,” Torance Benson.and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in an indictment alleging they participated in a criminal enterprise that has terrorized Chicago’s Austin neighborhood for more than 20 years.
Wrapping up his rebuttal argument Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Mitchell said the evidence in the case was complex, but the message was simple: “Donald Lee started out as a shooter for the violent Wicked Town faction and he shot his way to becoming the gang’s chief. And Torance Benson followed in his footsteps.”
“They’re not trying to reset the karmic balance of the Earth that they offset with their behavior,” McQuaid said. “They’re buying back their life. It’s purely selfish.”
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