"The justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video."
"Iryna Zarutska was a young woman living the American dream her horrific murder is a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people, the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, said in a statement. We will seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable act of violence he will never again see the light of day as a free man."
Authorities charged Decarlos Brown Jr. federally with causing death on a mass transportation system, a crime that carries life imprisonment or the death penalty, after video showed him fatally slashing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska's neck aboard a Charlotte light-rail train. Brown had about 14 prior criminal arrests, raising questions about why he remained on the streets. The killing intensified debate over violent crime, mental illness, and transit safety in cities like Charlotte, and became a point of criticism by the Trump administration and the US attorney general, who called for the maximum penalty. The federal case will proceed alongside state charges.
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