Posted on 01/15/2026 2:39:55 PM PST by xxqqzz
CLINTON — An East Feliciana judge denied an early release for a man who killed seven people in a 2012 drunk driving crash.
Brett Gerald pleaded guilty to seven counts of vehicular homicide after he drunkenly drove on La. 67 in Slaughter, causing a head-on collision that killed a family of six and their friend. His blood-alcohol concentration at the time was nearly twice the legal limit, and he has a history of DUI arrests.
Gerald was originally sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for each count, a total of 70 years. However, his sentence was cut in half a few months later due to a Supreme Court ruling, and he was re-sentenced to five years per count. He is required to serve 85 percent of that sentence.
On Tuesday morning, Gerald and his attorneys attempted to get him out of jail on a post-conviction relief petition, claiming he had ineffective counsel at the time of his trial. Judge Sydney Picou Walker denied the motion, keeping Gerald in jail for the time being.
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Slaughter in Slaughter ... you just can't make this stuff up.
Good on the judge denying early release!
So if you want to commit mass murder, use a vehicle and be drunk.
Unfortunately for him, he was not an illegal or he’d be out free again.
Actually I don’t care to know where or what La67 and Slaughter are. Mainly it’s funny that these news blogs think that anyone knows what they are talking about.
He should be executed for that crime.
The guy purposefully got drunk and drove into people, killing them.
He should get capital punishment in the form he gave it out.
Gerald was originally sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for each count,
He should have gotten the death penalty, IMO.
Be that as it may, thank God for a judge with some common sense.
It’s amazing how many news stations who have an online presence don’t have the sense to put their location in the web page header
It is mind numbing how stupid the people are who expect us to rely on them for truth and facts
Headline:
Seven dead in Slaughter
Story from the 'good old days' at Angola prison here. Chopping cane in the summer heat and humidity was certainly hard labor.
https://www.facingsouth.org/1978/12/prison-plantation
“”He is required to serve 85 percent of that sentence.””
Why bother with a sentence and not require it be carried out in full?
70 years hard labor is more than fair. Running him through a wood-chipper would be better.
I found it earlier. My point stands. Proper form, the city & state location should be on the page header, preferably near the station’s call letters.
Penal systems seek to encourage good behavior by rewarding it with credit towards time served.
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