Exclusive | Celeste Rivas family powerfully weighs in on death penalty for alleged butcherer D4vd on eve of her 16th birthday

Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family has called for D4vd to get the death penalty — on the eve of what would have been her 16th birthday.In an exclusive statement to the California Post, her parents said it would be the “perfect” punishment for the locked up singer, who is accused of killing and dismembering her last year.Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is currently weighing whether to pursue the death penalty or life imprisonment for the performer, whose real name is David Burke, ahead of his trial later this year.Celeste would have been turning 16 on Monday, and Tuesday marks one year to the day since her body was found in the back of a Tesla in a Hollywood tow yard.Releasing a never-before-seen picture of their daughter, her family told The Post: “If the death penalty were activated, it would be perfect for this kind of human being, devoid of feelings and emptiness inside, and without conscience, who only caused pain to our daughter, our family, and the world that supports our precious daughter.”It added: “But that’s not in our hands, but rather in God’s, and the California justice system.” It’s signed “The Rivas Hernandez Family.”The decision on whether Burke faces life in prison or death if convicted on the charges lies in Hochman’s hands.Last Monday, moments after Burke dropped his high profile legal team for a public defender in a dramatic hearing, Hochman took to the mics and said he had not made a decision yet. The DA said he was awaiting a mitigation packet from Burke’s previous legal team outlining the reasons why Burke should not face the death penalty, but had not received it.He said he will allow the new public defender time to submit a packet if he chooses.Hochman earlier this year reversed policy when it came to the death penalty, releasing a ground breaking statement. He said: “Effective immediately, the prior administration’s extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the ...