A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for executing an Uber driver who was seen begging for her life in a disturbing dashcam video.
Calvin Crew, 25, fatally shot 38-year-old Christina Spicuzza in 2022 after she picked him up while driving for Uber.
According to CBS News, Spicuzza’s family requested that Crew not be given the death penalty.
Spicuzza reportedly picked up Crew at 9 pm in February 2022. According to the disturbing dashcam footage released by police, Crew was wearing a hoodie and a face mask when he got into the back seat of the Uber.
Several minutes into the Uber ride, Crew pulled out a handgun and placed it on the back of Spicuzza’s head.
“You’ve got to be joking,” Spicuzza said to Crew as she tried to pull the gun away.
“Come on, I have a family,” she insisted. “I’m begging you. I have four kids.”
“I got a family, too,” Crew said.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Crew received a text from his girlfriend that read: “[I’m] not going to jail if we get caught”
Spicuzza’s body was found two days later with a single gunshot wound to her head.
Crew’s defense attorneys argued that their client “lived a childhood surrounded by violence and neglect.”
The defense also claimed Crew struggled in life because he has an 84 IQ.
After Crew was sentenced to life in prison without parole, the defense attorneys suggested that he will appeal his conviction.
CBS reported:
Calvin Crew, the man convicted of killing Christina Spicuzza, a Pittsburgh-area Uber driver in 2022, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Crew was not in the courtroom at his own request. The defense attorney spoke on his behalf, but the judge indicated in a private message that he maintains his innocence and plans to appeal the sentence.
Presiding Judge EJ Borkowski granted his wish, but it didn’t change the outcome.
Spicuzza’s mother, as well as other family members, gave victim impact statements at the sentencing.
Crew’s defense attorney addressed the court on his behalf, saying that the 25-year-old “lived a childhood surrounded by violence and neglect.”
Crew’s counsel also told Judge Borkowski that Crew fell through society’s cracks and was intellectually and socially challenged with an IQ of 84.
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