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Century Correctional Inmate Gets Life For 2021 Fatal Stabbing Of Another Inmate
August 30, 2024
A Century Correctional Institution inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing another inmate in 2021.
Alex Vega, 26, was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury on Thursday. Circuit Court Judge Coleman Robinson subsequently imposed the life sentence.
The incident occurred on September 15, 2021, when Vega used a homemade weapon to attack and kill a fellow inmate at the correctional facility. At the time, Vega was already serving a 15-year sentence for attempted murder and other charges stemming from a 2018 Miami-Dade conviction in a 2015 case.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted the investigation, and Assistant State Attorney Alvin “Trey” Myers prosecuted the case on behalf of State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida.
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11 Responses to “Century Correctional Inmate Gets Life For 2021 Fatal Stabbing Of Another Inmate”
Prisons are fulll of gangs and there mentality is eat or be eaten .the structure needs to be changed in the prison system.the prisoners are given to many opportunities . Due to poor lazy management
@David
Same question for you: why?
@tg and @Bill T
What would killing this guy accomplish that the death penalty would not?
You mentioned saving taxpayer funds, but the death penalty is significantly more expensive than life in prison. If you want to save money, why not just lock him up for life?
The death penalty for the thug lifestyle in no more cruel than what they afflict on their victims. Crank up “Old Sparky” again, it cost a lot less to operate than having to feed an house these monsters.
Can’t we just drop these prisoners off on an empty island with nothing that will float?
Another life that will be subsidized by the hard-working people of the state.
Afraid there are many more of his kind in the US now over the last 4 years! Like him, they get free healthcare and housing, maybe in a luxury hotel!
If he is 26 today his recent murder was in 2021, three years ago when he was 23. Already convicted attempted murder in 2018 when he was 20 from a case occurred in 2015 when he was 17. Thug life apparently. Now he gets life in prison and taxpayers have to fund his living and security for perhaps 50 years (unless another inmate does the same to him). It’s sad that he chooses this evil lifestyle and good citizens have to pay for it. Would be great if he could be flown out of the country to an isolated place and dropped off, perhaps North Sentinel Island.
Whatever happened to the Death Penalty. No justice here.
I don’t understand why he got life in prison what a waste of taxpayers money and effort!! This is a perfect example of an injustice of the people money !! I say put him out of his misery and here’s how to do it 1 chance – 1 shot – 1 time!!! I’ll pay for bullet and will be glad to do the service!! But another problem ya got some that would say oh that’s cruel punishment and I say those who say that need to be right beside him !!!!!
Thanks to the Prosecutor, justice delivered!