The System™ doesn't care about Justice. New Mexico family peeved at plea deal for killer brothers
A New Mexico judge sentenced two brothers in a 2022 murder after an argument over a car.
Court records show 25-year-old Tyler Chaffin pleaded no contest to second-degree murder while 21-year-old Eli Chaffin pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old William Johnson. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home shortly after noon on July 24, 2022, for a gunshot victim. When they arrived, they found Johnson dead.
The family of the guy who got shot was not happy with this outcome. I think they are justified in being unhappy.
“When you shoot someone in the back, I don’t know how you get more intentional than that,” the victim’s mother, Penny Johnson Jones reportedly said.
Johnson’s former wife Lacey Dillingham reportedly said the deals were “a slap in all of our faces” and “outrageous.”
What it basically comes down to is that prosecutors can't be bothered to prosecute crime. It is long and tedious, and they have more important things to do. I don't know what would be more important than holding murderers accountable, but the prosecutors don't see things the way I do.
At least they are going to do some time in prison. Not enough.
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