Judge has no mercy on man convicted of hate-fueled murder
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Background: Footage from the courtroom shows Judge Donald Zuidmulder at the sentencing of Jackson Vogel (WLUK). Inset (left): Jackson Vogel during his trial for murder (WBAY). Inset (right): Micah Laureano (Randle-Dable-Brisk Funeral Home).

A Wisconsin inmate who strangled his cellmate pleaded with a judge for consideration of supervised release following his conviction for a hate crime, but the judge dismissed his plea.

Jackson Vogel, 25, was already serving a 20-year sentence at the Green Bay Correctional Institution for attempting to murder his mother, a crime he committed at age 16. Eight years into his sentence, he was assigned to share a cell with 19-year-old Micah Laureano, who was serving a three-year term for assault and vehicle theft.

According to court records obtained by the Green Bay Press Gazette, Vogel killed Laureano within hours of his arrival.

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Investigators stated that after the murder, Vogel was smiling. According to court records, Vogel said he killed Laureano because he was “bored,” and because he was Black. Vogel also believed Laureano was gay, and he told investigators that his victim “checked all the boxes.”

Vogel was convicted of Laureano’s murder in June following a trial during which he was the only witness presented by his defense. He appeared in court for his sentencing on Friday. The Green Bay Press Gazette was in the courtroom and reported that Vogel’s defense attorney, Luke Harrison, asked Brown County Circuit Court Judge Donald Zuidmulder to consider the possibility that Vogel’s attitude could change.

Harrison said, “I believe that giving Mr. Vogel an opportunity to be released to extended supervision at some time in the future speaks to that possibility that people can change, that change does take an extremely long period of time sometimes, but that it is possible.”

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