DOJ Seeks Death Penalty for Suspect in Fatal Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing
DOJ Seeks Death Penalty for Suspect in Fatal Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing Decarlos Brown Jr., the 34-year-old suspect in the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail system on August 22, is now facing federal charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty, the Justice Department announced. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina has charged Brown with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system, escalating the legal repercussions…