![]() The prosecution’s key witness, Jackie Serrano, claimed she witnessed the murders from her apartment window, however subsequent investigation showed that was impossible. Shortly after a court sentenced Marilyn to death, Lynch quit the legal profession and entered the priesthood. Lynch did not interview a single witness, police officer, or verify any witness accounts, despite the fact that Marilyn maintained her innocence. Lynch’s representation fell far below the objective and professional standards of reasonableness. ![]() Without investigating the case, Marilyn’s attorney, Jeremiah Lynch, entered a blind plea of guilty, paving the way for Marilyn’s death sentence. They were both denied legal representation and questioned for more than nine hours.Īfter interrogation, without counsel or sleep, Marilyn signed a prepared statement, which implicated her for both murders, one as a shooter and one for conspiracy. Detectives then brought Mulero and Montanez to the police station and interviewed them separately. ![]() Late the next evening, Chicago police arrested Marilyn Mulero and Jackie Montanez, took the women to Humboldt Park, and displayed the women to Latin King gang members telling them, “These are the two who killed your homeboys,” and putting the women in grave danger. On May 12, 1992, two members of the Latin Kings gang were shot and killed in a bathroom in Humboldt Park in Chicago.
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