Defense Attorneys in ‘Junior’ Trial Argue Defendants Only Trying To Intimidate, Not Kill Him

Members of the public gather outside the funeral for Lesandro Guzman-Feliz in the Bronx, New York, on June 27, 2018. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

Defense lawyers for four of the five defendants in the murder case of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman Feliz, claim the group were just trying to rough him up to intimidate him, not kill him, so they should not receive the harshest punishment.

In a pitch to jurors on Monday, June 10, the defense attorneys argued to persuade them that just one of the group of five was responsible for Junior’s murder in the brutal gang attack last year, reported Pix11.