Should Killers With a Violence Gene Get Lighter Sentences?

Anthony Blas Yepez killed a man. Is his DNA to blame?

Dalmeet Singh Chawla
GEN
Published in
6 min readJan 22, 2019

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In 2015, Anthony Blas Yepez was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison after killing George Ortiz, his girlfriend’s step-grandfather.

Three years prior, Yepez and his girlfriend were living with Ortiz when, according to testimony, Ortiz hit Yepez’s…

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
GEN
Writer for

Immigrant. Global Citizen. Science Journalist. Portfolio: www.dalmeets.com