Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is calling for a speedy trial, conviction and execution of the man charged in connection with the gruesome murder of a woman who was burned alive on a New York subway.
The outspoken Republican addressed the incident on social media Tuesday in which Guatemalan national Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is accused of setting a woman on fire on a train in Brooklyn.
“Death penalty, don’t waste money on a lengthy trial. Convict him and finish him off. What he did is so incredibly evil,” Greene said in a post on X. “I can’t watch the video anymore. And like it.” It seems to me that no one tried to save her. Maybe they did, but it doesn’t seem like it.
Zapeta is charged with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson, with a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
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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 in the Rayburn House Office Building July 22, 2024 in Washington , DC testifies (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Greene is not the only member of Congress to comment on the case.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, also called for the death penalty.
“Death penalty,” she tweeted.
The suspect accused of burning a woman to death on the New York subway is a previously deported illegal immigrant
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, said in a post on
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire in a New York City subway, appears in court on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool)
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New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted in her remarks Sunday that Zapeta allegedly used “what we believe to be a lighter to light the victim’s clothing on fire, which occurred within seconds was completely devoured.” Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg claimed in court Tuesday that the suspect started the fire with a shirt.
Zapeta’s next court date is scheduled for Dec. 27, according to online records.
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire in a New York City subway, appears in court on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool)
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A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement that Zapeta was deported from the U.S. in 2018 and then re-entered the country illegally at some point “at an unknown date and location.”
Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report