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Murderer of Indian-American sheriff’s deputy sentenced to death

OUR BUREAU During the proceedings for deter-
mining the penalty, the court heard tes-
NEW YORK, NY
timony from various sources to bolster
he man who murdered an Indi- the prosecution’s case for the death
an-American Sikh sheriff’s dep- penalty. Among them, the father of a
Tuty in Texas has been sentenced former girlfriend blamed him for her
to death, according to officials. The death. A woman reported being raped
verdict was handed down on Wednes- by Solis, which he admitted. The moth-
day by the jury, a panel made up of er of his three children told the jury he
citizens, which had earlier found Rob- was a “psychopath” while describing
ert Solis guilty of murdering Sandeep his violent outbursts and said his chil-
Dhaliwal in 2019. dren did not want to see him again.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gon- Dhaliwal, who was 42 and had
zalez tweeted: “Verdict is in: Jurors served as a sheriff’s deputy for 10 years
sentence Robert Solis to death. We when he was killed, is survived by his
are extremely grateful that justice has wife and three children, according to
been served.” dict on October 17, “since you believe trial was held in two phases: In the Tunnel to Towers Foundation which
Dhaliwal had made headlines I’m guilty of capital murder, I believe first, the jury considered the charges honors the victims of the 9/11 terrorist
when the obtained a religious exemp- you should give me the death penalty”. and the evidence and found him attack on the World Trade Centre by
tion in 2015 to wear a turban as part And the jury obliged him. guilty, and in the second, it decid- raising funds to help families of first
of his uniform as a deputy for Harris He could appeal to higher courts ed on the sentence after consider- responders killed in action.
County sheriff. “Sandeep changed our all the way to the US Supreme Court ing more evidence about Solis who, It said that he became a law en-
Sheriff’s Office family for the better, and if the sentence is upheld the exe- according to ABC13 TV has arrest forcement officer “to help build the
and we continue striving to live up to cution will be by the injection of Pento- records going back at least 25 years. relationship between the Sikh commu-
his example of servant leadership. May barbital, a lethal drug, according to the Solis was convicted in a kidnap- nity and the Sheriff’s Department”.
he Rest In Peace, “ Gonzalez tweeted. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. ping and assault case in 2002 and sen- “He organized volunteers to help
History-sheeter Solis, who dis- Solis shot Dhaliwal in the back tenced to 20 years, but was paroled in his fellow Texans after Hurricane Har-
missed his lawyer and presented a bi- of the head in December 2019 near 2014. When he killed Dhaliwal, there vey devastated much of the state in
zarre defense while admitting he had Houston as the officer was return- was a warrant for his arrest in connec- 2017, and he travelled to Puerto Rico
fired the shot that killed Dhaliwal, de- ing to his vehicle after a traffic stop, tion with an assault complaint by a for- to help with relief after Hurricane Ma-
fiantly told the jury after the guilty ver- according to the prosecution. The mer girlfriend. ria” in the same year, it added.

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