Posted on 01/04/2024 8:12:34 AM PST by george76
Colorado parole board's decision to release Vinchenzo Moscoso, a 30-year-old man accused of a double murder, has come under scrutiny. Despite the objections of his parole officer, Moscoso was allowed to walk free, only to later commit a heinous crime that claimed the lives of two innocent individuals.
The parole board's decision, which went against the parole officer's recommendation to revoke Moscoso's parole, raises serious questions about the board's commitment to public safety.
According to a recording of the parole board hearing obtained through the Colorado Open Records Act and reported by the Denver Post, the state's parole division had strongly advised revoking Moscoso's parole. Citing his history of drunk driving, the parole officer emphasized the potential danger he posed to the public.
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Watch suspect Vicenzo Moscoso getting on the bus and casually walking to the back. This was September 2023 around five in the morning when the suspect simply lunges at the victim for apparently no apparent reason.
However, the parole board decided to continue Moscoso's parole and he was subsequently released from the Jefferson County Jail on March 29. This ill-fated decision would have dire consequences.
On September 14, Moscoso boarded a Regional Transportation District bus in Denver and callously attacked Fidel Sanchez-Banuelos, stabbing him in the neck without any provocation or warning, as stated in an arrest affidavit. He calmly exited through the back doors, leaving behind a shocked and wounded victim.
Just hours later, another stabbing was reported a few miles away.
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A witness spotted Moscoso standing near 83-year-old Judith Corcoran, who was bleeding on the ground. When authorities apprehended Moscoso, he had blood on his hands and a bloody knife in his pocket, adding to the mounting evidence against him.
During Moscoso's parole hearing, his defense attorney shed light on his client's troubled past, revealing that he suffered from short-term memory loss and recurring headaches due to a traumatic brain injury sustained in a motorcycle crash while driving drunk. The attorney also mentioned Moscoso's struggles with drug addiction, which further complicated his cognitive abilities.
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The parole board justified its decision by claiming that it weighed the safety of both the individual and the community. However, the tragic outcome of Moscoso's release clearly demonstrates the devastating consequences of their judgment.
Moscoso is currently awaiting trial and is being held at the Downtown Detention Center on a $5 million cash bail.
victims families need to sue the parole board for billions
If only he had murdered the parole board.
Jane Goodall at the WEF forum - We can solve climate change by depopulating the earth by 7.5 billion people..
He’d be a lot better looking if he was wearing some 3/8” hempen rope and dangling a couple of feet off the ground instead of wearing that neck brace.
Get a rope and find a tree to save taxpayers money. Cannot trust parole boards since they have no personal liabilities for their decisions.
“I just can’t get over how people like this go to sleep at night.”
Democrats...no conscience, no soul, no guilt. Nice governmment you have there Colorado.
I frequently worked out with a guard who worked at a local prison. A man they’d just released killed an innocent bystander within hours of getting out. I asked the guard who told me everyone at the prison expected that to happen. The guards had been warned to never, under any circumstance, turn their back on him as they’d be killed. The guard told me the man had served his time and they had to let him go. Keeping people in prison costs about the same as sending them to Harvard.
8 Polis appointees, 1 Hickenlooper appointee.
They need to be held criminally responsible in instances like this, because the problem is, it happens way too often. The people who enable things like this to occur, need to go to jail right along with the violent offender they let loose.
I wonder if they feel bad when a released murderer commits murder again. Somehow I think not. They probably follow the same mantra — you gotta break some eggs to make an omelet.
Too bad there is no recourse.
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