Hennepin County District Judge Michael Burns ruled Monday against a guilty plea that would have spared 20-year-old Husayn Braveheart prison time.
A Minnesota judge has taken the rare move of rejecting a negotiated plea agreement that would have allowed a man to avoid prison time for his role in a deadly attempted carjacking in Minneapolis. Hennepin County District Judge Michael Burns said Monday that he didn't believe 20-year-old Husayn Braveheart was 'particularly amenable to probation' or that Braveheart had a 'significantly lesser role' in the crime, as prosecutors and his public defender said.
Braveheart was 15 in June 2019 when he and co-defendant Jered Ohsman, then 17, drew semiautomatic pistols at Steven Markey, a 39-year-old paralegal from Plymouth, Minnesota, authorities said. Ohsman told police he ordered Markey out of the vehicle and shot him after seeing him reach for something. Braveheart fired at the vehicle as Markey drove off before dying, according to court documents. The teenagers were arrested after crashing a stolen SUV.
Prior to the hearing, Markey’s family and supporters had sent letters asking Burns to reject the negotiation. The family held news conferences, attended rallies near the courthouse and circulated an online petition, calling the plea agreement an unacceptable outcome. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose office negotiated the rejected deal, campaigned on treating juvenile offenders differently with a focus on rehabilitation.
Prosecutors and Braveheart’s public defenders said Braveheart played a lesser role in the murder because Ohsman admitted to firing the fatal shot. But Burns said Braveheart shot at Markey as he drove away, endangering the public.
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