Posted on 04/14/2020 9:10:18 PM PDT by bitt
TAMPA, Florida — An inmate who was released from jail due to fears of coeronavirus spread has been re-arrested on a murder charge.
Deputies say 26-year-old Joseph Edwards Williams commited second-degree murder the day after he was released.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says Williams fatally shot a man near 81st Street South and Ash Avenue just hours into his freedom. He was previously arrested for possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
More than 150 inmates have been released in Hillsborough County.
“There is no question Joseph Williams took advantage of this health emergency to commit crimes while he was out of jail awaiting resolution of a low-level, non-violent offense,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. “As a result, I call on the State Attorney to prosecute this defendant to the fullest extent of the law.”
“Judges, prosecutors, and Sheriffs around the country are facing difficult decisions during this health crisis with respect to balancing public health and public safety. Sheriffs in Florida and throughout our country have released non-violent, low-level offenders to protect our deputies and the jail population from an outbreak. Our commitment as an agency is to keep this community safe and enforce the law.”
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To say this person’s an animal...would be an insult to animals.
To say this person’s an animal...would be an insult to animals.
Willie Horton, white courtesy phone...
I’m so happy he didn’t get sick in prison. What a great liberal success story!
“How was he able to legally buy a gun so quickly?”
There are at least two societies coexisting. One is the society we know. The legal one. If we want something, we comply with laws. We go to established dealers who are taxed and monitored. We fill out paperwork and sign forms. We hand over cash and leave, sometimes days later, with our product.
Right next to that society is another one. Similar to cancer cells living next to healthy tissue. The second society is a network of nodes. Each node, a criminal, has contacts to other nodes. If the criminal wants something, he generally doesn’t need anything but a phone, and, often, an EBT card. He makes a call. Node 2 says, I don’t have it, but I saw Node 7 has one. Node 1 calls Node 7. He says Node 2 sent him and he needs x. He can pay for the product by cash, EBT, trade of drugs or even shooting a porn video. The untaxed economy is very elastic. He takes his product and goes and commits his crime.
Prison has become graduate school for criminals. It expands their node connections. The more connections the more effective the criminal becomes. These node connections are often multigenerational.
Alcatraz is available.
Those who are responsible for his release are also guilty of murder and should be held responsible
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