Alonzo Stewart escaped trial again while the family of murdered Helen Harrion must still wait for justice. Hinds County Circuit Judge ruled yesterday that Stewart is not competent to stand trial. The South Jackson grandmother was killed five years ago.
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The mother of six was killed in 2014 after she called 911 at 2:23 AM. The police came to her home eight minutes later but left when no one answered the door. She was shot to death in her home. JPD arrested Stewart for her murder. The 34 year-old Stewart cut her grass and lived down the street from her.
A Hinds County grand jury indicted Alonzo Stewart for capital murder for the death of the 67 year-old Ms. Harrion on July 15, 2014. The grand jury also indicted him for house burglary and a felon in possession of a firearm. He was convicted of cocaine possession in 2010. The case was assigned to Circuit Judge William Gowan.
Stewart's attorney filed a motion for a mental evaluation in February 2015. Judge Gowan ordered Stewart to undergo a mental evaluation at Whitfield. A psychiatric report was finally provided to the Court last February - four years after the initial request. However, Judge Faye Peterson recused herself from the case. The case is assigned to Judge Winston Kidd. Judge Kidd stated:
the Defendant is mentally unstable and incompetent to stand trial at this time and should be returned to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield for a minimum of six months where this Defendant shall be again observed and treated, and further that a written report on the findings of the professional forensic staff at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield shall be furnished to the Court, defense counsel, and prosecution within four months and every four months thereafter until such time as it is determined that this Defendant is either restored to competency or that he cannot be restored to competency within the foreseeable future.Meanwhile the family continues to suffer... and suffer.... and suffer.
21 comments:
It's a sad situation, but the law is pretty clear on this. If the State Hospital says he's not competent, the judge does not really have a choice.
Well they should let him and Zebulon James share a cell.
What is your alternative, Kingfish? Would you like to prosecute, sentence and imprison people who are mentally incompetent? Is that your dictatorial stance? Send mentally ill people to prison instead of treatment?
There is no reason not to kill this crazy individual.
If you simply go by IQ most people in prison in Mississippi and on death row are legally retarded with an IQ below 68.
Should we treat every Low IQ violent rapist the same as we do someone with Downs Syndrome? Because you never hear about people with Downs being charged with sexual assault but many of us know they can commit acts of sexual assault and public indecency and are rarely prosecuted for it.
The bible says an eye for an eye. And the State of Mississippi says a death for a death. Give him the gas.
What is your alternative, Kingfish? Would you like to prosecute, sentence and imprison people who are mentally incompetent? Is that your dictatorial stance? Send mentally ill people to prison instead of treatment?
What is the purpose of your stupid questions? You have some sort of maniacal need to (anonymously) prove to Kingfish that you are superior or more supportive of the law or more compassionate?
Could urge you to start to own gig but we already know from your repeated troll crap that you do not possess the stones and lack the courage to actually compete against JJ in the marketplace.
I get sick of hearing people quoting the Old Testament "eye for an eye" to justify their desire for revenge. The New Testament says "do not return evil for evil."
That said, I don't think either of those passages really speak in general to the prosecution of a criminal defendant by duly-authorized government officials. There are other passages in the Bible that do speak to the that, but I don't think they can be reduced to soundbites.
I believe Kingsroad is Northwest Jackson not South
Y'all should realize that this is the same type of miscarriage of justice that used to get crazy eyed psychos lynched by townsfolk. Not every lynching was a civil rights issue. Sometimes a killer just couldn't be left alive.
You folks do realize there's a difference between being intellectually disabled and mentally ill, right?
12:01 - You have a false premise. You don't bother to define evil. Let me help. It is evil, in most contexts for one man to kill another (with a few exceptions). However, it is NOT evil for a society (tribe, village, enclave) to carry out its established laws. That said....There are plenty of admonitions in the Bible that do address 'government' having a right and obligation to establish order and rules and carry out those rules.
The Old Testament days a lot of crazy things. It says people should be stoned to death for wearing clothes made of blended fabrics as well as very specific instructions for taking your brother's widow and impregnating her. We don't really do that stuff today, so how about we stop quoting the Old Testament since we aren't Bronze Age Hebrews.
Epstein him, conundrum solved!
While this being potentially difficult for her family, it isn't like he is running the streets and living his life as he wishes. He is confined at Whitfield and while it might not be prison, it is still confinement that prevents him from being a danger to the public. If he is truly incompetent to stand trial, that is probably the best the public can hope for or expect and it follows the law.
Hey everybody! Just checking in to make sure there's a still a thirst for fresh blood around here. Carry on!
So all you bleeding heart liberals, cash in your 401ks, assign your pensions, sell all your stuff, and start working 3 jobs and donate EVERYTHING to pay to keep alive all these pieces of pond scum.
"...we aren't Bronze Age Hebrews."
Hebrews? Not so much, but this IS Mississippi so there are a fair number of folks that have both feet firmly planted in centuries past...why, shucks, we're hip-deep in 19th century Confederates, just as an example.
Hoot and holler about his rights because he’s crazy all you want to, if that was my Grandmother I would send that S.O.B. To Hell and be done with him
8/15 @ 12:43 is correct. Kings Road Avenue is north(west) Jackson, no south. Just off Northside Drive going west past Lake Hico.
I'm more than a little worried about those of you who are so committed to vengeance that you can't stop to think and imagine that the dangerously mentally ill can be too dangerous to be in a court room or transported to and from court.
Do you want to put more people at risk?
You might want to learn more about mental illness and how it's treated and how long it can take to find the right combination of drugs to treat disorders so the person can safely appear in court without being combative.
Sane people aren't ruled by their emotions and can stop and think before acting or forming an opinion. Sane people are self aware enough to realize what they know and don't know about the environment in which they live.
He somehow had a (old) SW 32 long handgun. To bad the victim did not have one.
Wonder how many others are in the system being evaluated, forever and ever.
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