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Family of Murdered College Student Furious as Killer Learns His Sentence: 'It's Not Enough'
Western Journal ^ | May 05, 2026 | Jack Davis

Posted on 05/05/2026 7:36:37 PM PDT by Red Badger

A Tennessee man who admitted shooting an 18-year-old student to death in 2023 while on the street after a previous shooting has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.

Shaquille Taylor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Jillian Ludwig, who was a freshman at Belmont University when she was killed.

He also pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault, according to WKRN-TV. He had been charged with first-degree murder.

Taylor will face a 35-year sentence on the murder charge with no possibility of early release and three years on the assault charge, to be served consecutively.

On Nov. 7, 2023, Taylor fired six shots, one of which struck Jillian Ludwig, who was walking nearby. She died from her injuries.

“She didn’t deserve that awful fate, she deserved everything,” Jessica Ludwig, Jillian’s mother, said in court.

“Taylor deserves to be behind bars and we’re glad that is where he is headed although it is not long enough. My daughter lost her whole life, her whole bright, beautiful and promising future at only age 18. He deserves to lose the rest of his,” she said..

Matt Ludwig, the victim’s father, said he hopes Taylor “does not see life outside of prison. I know he did not intend to shoot Jillian, but he did. I have some sympathy for him. I do. I sympathize with his difficult upbringing, his challenging childhood, his life that clearly, unfortunately, was destined for crime, but he needs to be in jail forever. For us today, 38 years will have to do.”

Jessica Ludwig said of the sentence, “It’s not enough… I still think it should have been life,” according to WSMV-TV.

She said appearing in court with Taylor was difficult.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: belmontuniversity; jillianludwig

1 posted on 05/05/2026 7:36:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Fury

Your move.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 7:39:50 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Paid leftist Trolls ought to be banned here. There are several obvious ones.)
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To: Red Badger

There are no words.

What a beautiful girl.

What a cretin slug murderer.


3 posted on 05/05/2026 7:52:16 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Red Badger

DAs can be such cowards.


4 posted on 05/05/2026 7:52:46 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Red Badger

You didn’t have to scroll down to the photos to know which races were involved...


5 posted on 05/05/2026 7:56:31 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: Red Badger

Dad is too gracious.


6 posted on 05/05/2026 7:57:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TheDon

[DAs can be such cowards]


This is an extraordinary plea. 35 years for essentially manslaughter. Murderers get less time. In that jurisdiction, might even be hazardous to the DA’s (a Democrat) political longevity. Blacks are his base voter, and sending even murderers down for long stretches is not a good look. And yes, much of the craziness in the criminal justice system is a combo of black and white voter insanity at the local level.


7 posted on 05/05/2026 8:12:15 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Red Badger

Are there any white girls left that some sub-human hasn’t killed?


8 posted on 05/05/2026 8:18:43 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Red Badger

And now we collectively fund him for 38 years.

I’ll donate a round to end it right now and save us hundreds of thousands of dollars. I would donate a round for every man and woman on death row everywhere in this country if they’d be used shortly after receipt.


9 posted on 05/05/2026 8:59:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t think it was a crime for a ghetto black thug to kill white people.


10 posted on 05/05/2026 9:13:02 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Red Badger

Did the judge make a heartfelt apology to the convicted killer as did the one about the journalist dinner suspect who tried to kill Trump and his cabinet?

Without the death penalty, “going away to prison for long, long time” is still a cliche that annoys me as overcrowding, diseases like Covid, police dna lab problems that through out cases and the old parole option mean ones who don’t escape from prison (2,000 escape on average in US state and federal prisons in each of recent years. 287 from federal in 2025. —US Sentencing Commission and Scripps News).

Leslie Van Houten released in July, 2023 convicted of murders of the LaBianca Charles Manson victims.

Several individuals who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents were later released from prison or mental institutions, most notably John Hinckley Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan, released 2022), Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (attempted to shoot Gerald Ford, paroled 2009), and Sara Jane Moore (attempted to shoot Gerald Ford, paroled 2007). Arthur Bremer, who shot George Wallace in 1972, was also released.
Mark David Chapman who shot John Lennon to death will be up for parole in 2027 after being refused 14 times.


11 posted on 05/05/2026 9:14:38 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Red Badger

As far as I am concerned, everyone who allowed this monster to plead down is just as evil as the killer.


12 posted on 05/05/2026 9:28:51 PM PDT by alstewartfan (I AM Charlie Kirk. ❤️✝️)
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To: Red Badger

Another beautiful white woman.


13 posted on 05/06/2026 1:36:27 AM PDT by wintertime ( )
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