Victim of Criminal Justice Reform Was a Mother of Five

Victim of Criminal Justice Reform Was a Mother of Five

In 2019, Charles F. Barkley was indicted on four counts of first-degree aggravated robbery and four counts of second-degree robbery after an armed robbery at a GameStop involving four victims. Every count included firearm specifications, a prior-conviction notice, and a repeat-violent-offender specification. Under what the Ohio Court of Appeals described as a favorable plea agreement, Read more »

The Cost of Criminal Justice Reform 7/27/26

Landon Player was arrested in February in McCracken County, Kentucky, on allegations that included second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, sexual abuse, unlawful transaction with a minor, and distributing obscene matter to a minor. Yet despite the gravity of those accusations, he was released on bond in May. Now investigators allege that while free, he committed new Read more »

The Cost of Criminal Justice Reform 7/25/26

According to authorities, Darius Ahmadd Olson-Baker, a man with a long history of residential burglaries and a recent firearm conviction, was released from prison on supervised release on July 7. Just ten days later, prosecutors allege he committed an armed home invasion, attempted to rape a woman, and assaulted her when she resisted. Five days Read more »