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Man gets 9 to 11 years for fatal revenge shooting in Brighton
By adamg on Tue, 04/18/2023 - 1:49pm
A man who thought he was avenging a shooting that left his brother paralyzed in 2005 pleaded guilty last week to voluntary manslaughter for gunning down Desmond Joseph on Telford Street in Brighton ten years later, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced Gammada Musa, 33, to 9 to 11 years in state prison on his admission he shot Joseph in the head, chest and back.
According to the DA's office, Musa blamed Joseph for a 2005 shooting that left Musa's older brother permanently paralyzed. Joseph had been arrested for that shooting, but the charges were dropped when the main witness disappeared, the DA's office says.
The shooting was not Musa's first violent act. He was convicted for a 2009 stomping and robbery in Allston.
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Back to the Future
"A man who thought he was avenging a shooting that left his brother paralyzed in 2015 pleaded guilty last week to voluntary manslaughter for gunning down Desmond Joseph on Telford Street in Brighton ten years later."
The way this is written, the first victim was paralyzed in 2015 and his brother avenged him ten years later. We're not there yet, Adam.
Stupid typo fixed
His brother was shot in 2005, then he shot Joseph in 2015.
Thanks for spotting the typo.
Got any more details on the 2005 shooting?
I'm having trouble finding info on the 2005 shooting, but the rest of this story and the links to earlier reporting are great, thank you for connecting all these dots.
Um ... Right to a speedy
Um ... Right to a speedy trial or something?
I mean things have been busy and all, but the guy was arrested more than 7 years ago.
Why
Only 9-11 years? Because he plead guilty? Doesn’t seem like long enough considering it was a premeditated crime.
Probably wise by the DA
Remember, only takes one out of twelve for a hung jury. Just one person sympathetic to a man avenging his brother when more formal proceedings failed.
Even if he had been found
Even if he had been found guilty by a jury he would not have gotten more than 20 years in prison or 2 and a half years in jail.
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 265, Section 13
Section 13. Whoever commits manslaughter shall, except as hereinafter provided, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail or a house of correction for not more than two and one half years.
Laws are strange sometimes.