Mia Zapata's Killer Sentenced for Good, Finally

Photo by Jackie Ransier Sixteen years ago in Seattle, Jesus Mezquia attacked 27-year-old Mia Zapata, raping and beating her before strangling her to death with her own sweatshirt cord. Zapata was the frontwoman for the great Seattle blooz-punk band the Gits, who only had time to release one album, Frenching the Bully, before her death. Zapata's murder sent shockwaves through the alt-rock community at the time. Directly in response, friends of Zapata founded Home Alive, a nonprofit dedicated...

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