...And At the Other End

A retired gentleman saves a lady from a mugger, just down in Athens, Georgia.  Turns out the attacker was armed, but lacked the guts to go for his gun in the face of resistance.  Like many a criminal, he armed himself to make himself even stronger against the weak -- not to face the strong.

5 comments:

bthun said...
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bthun said...

Take two with a proofreader present...

"The man who Terry confronted is 57-year-old Samuel Tyrone Evans, a career criminal who served nine terms in state prisons, beginning in 1972. He most recently got out of jail on June 12 for a drug-related arrest."

Is there a 10 strikes and you're out law in Georgia for incorrigible outlaws? Or will the Justice system play catch and release one mo time?

E Hines said...

Is there a 10 strikes and you're out law in Georgia for incorrigible outlaws?

Where's the POTUS' kill list when we need it?

Eric Hines

Grim said...

There's a three-strike law for felonies; and if you have a prior felony anywhere in America (or a single 'serious violent felony'), as I understand it, the judge is obligated to assign you the maximum penalty allowed by law. In the case of a second serious violent felony, that's a mandatory life without parole sentence.

Armed robbery and assault surely count as felonies, at least. So we may have seen the last of this fellow, if any of his nine priors were felonies.

douglas said...

They don't usually send you to the State Pen for misdemeanors...
How he goes there nine times, but hasn't had three strikes is a mystery- Unless there was a grandfather clause and his criminal career started before that. Given his age, that may be the case.