Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
California released a man convicted of double murder only for him to kill again.KTLAreported Thursday that 53-year-old Fatima Johnson was found dead in her apartment on July 4, 2021.
The mother of six made family and friends worried when she did not come into work and stopped answering texts. Johnson was found choked or smothered to death with her hands tied and her body wrapped in a blanket.
Investigators identified Darryl Lamar Collins as the culprit. He had only been out of prison for less than a year at the time.
Collins killed two people in 1998 and was handed a 50-year prison sentence. That in itself is outrageous, as someone who unjustly takes a life should never have the chance to see freedom again.
The story is made more atrocious when discovering that California has youthful offender laws that allowed Collins to get out early.
“If you’re under the age of 26 years old when you commit the offense — here, he was 24 years old — once you serve 25 years, you’re eligible for parole,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman told KTLA.
Collins’ sentencing is scheduled for Friday.
Johnson’s family plans to attend. Her cousin, Sharonda Sanders, said “It’s been a long road.”
“We’ve been waiting years for this moment,” she remarked.
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