Posted on Sunday, 17th September 2006 by Patrick Dorwin
Why does this not surprise me in the least? The man that shot a mentally disabled young man was free on probation less then a year after shooting another person in an armed robbery. And it didn’t take long at all for someone to defend the killer, telling us of the potential he showed, even after shooting someone…
A 19-year-old man charged Saturday with killing Special Olympian Brandon J. Sprewer in an armed robbery was on probation for shooting another man during a holdup when he was 18, according to court records.
[...]
The new charges come less than a year after Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Elsa Lamelas stayed a 4 1/2 -year prison term and sentenced Jones to three years of probation in a robbery-shooting over bootleg movies.
The murderers lawyer from the first shooting case came out to defend the judge that freed Christopher D. Jones so he could do it again, this time murdering his victim.
The murderers first lawyer says
“I feel very sorry for this young man. I do. It’s just terrible,” Givens said of Sprewer’s death. “If it turns out he (Jones) did this, I’d feel very bad.”
You should feel bad, this blood is on the hands of everyone involved with putting Jones back on the street. The judge, the defense lawyer and of course the D.A.’s office that, in attorney Glenn O. Givens’ words, “had no choice but to negotiate a plea agreement.”
Even with this plea agreement, Judge Elsa Lamelas could have sentenced Jones to over 4 years, instead she let someone that shot another person out of jail on probation.
The Milwaukee Criminal Justice System is broken badly, Mayor head in the sand and others talk about getting the guns out of the hands of criminals, but when police bring to them a man that has shot someone, the revolving door Criminal Injustice System puts them back on the streets so they can do it again and again. Does anyone believe that Christopher Jones has not committed any crimes between the time of the first shooting he was caught for and the time he murdered Brandon?
“Givens [Jones' first lawyer] said that the case was Jones’ first adult conviction. “He had some juvenile stuff,” he said. “But Chris was an intelligent guy. He had a lot of potential. He came from a decent family.”
No Sir! Jones is a cold blooded killer, a criminal that didn’t deserve to share the streets with the good people of Milwaukee! Brandon Sprewer is the one with a lot of potential, he was overcoming his learning disability, holding down a job and was making something of his life. His family is the one that I care about, not another cold blooded killer that was released to our streets to terrorize the decent people of Milwaukee.
When the hell will Milwaukee’s leadership get their friggen priorities straight?
Wisconsin, it’s time to build more prisons, we owe it to the victims of crime, and the families that to many of them leave behind.
Posted in Home | Comments (2)
September 17th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Add to that in the current case, the thug is only being charged with reckless homicide. Why not at least 2nd degree intentional homicide?
Reckless homicide will probably be reduced when the thug cops a plea with McCann’s office, so it can add another conviction amd the judge slaps the thug on the wrist and says, “Don’t do that again!”
You know, the thugs have a saying which goes: “No justice, no peace.” They are right, but not in the way they think. As long as criminals don’t get the justice they have coming, there won’t be any real peace in Milwaukee.
September 18th, 2006 at 6:49 am
I personally believe that Milwaukee is the way it is because of this. Lets look at the Frank Jude case, Milwaukee County showed their community that people(cops)get away with beating and killing with none to few consequences. It has painted a picture that makes juveniles think that “its ok”. When the young and ignorant people of Milwaukee figure out how Milwaukee’s system do things, they figure that they can pretty much do whatever they want without any real consequences to face, especially if it is their first or second time. Killing someone for the first time don’t make it worth a slap on the wrist, it makes it worth serious jail time so whenever they get out, they’ll think twice before letting it happen again. You have to discipline juveniles in the system the way mothers have to discipline their kids. If you don’t discipline the right way when they are juveniles, they become out of control as adults and then people in the community wonder what went wrong. Its hilarious how Milwaukee’s system will give someone more time for possession of a firearm then they do for actually using a firearm.