Sunday, July 11, 2021

Murder Suspect Was (Of Course) Out on Bond

The suspect in a murder on Winchester Street in Jackson was free on bond for armed robbery.  

Jaylon Lawson allegedly lay in wait for his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend at her home on Winchester Street on June 1.

Antwan Howell, the ex-girlfriend, and her boyfriend returned home from a night of shooting pool.  A night of fun turned into a night of murder as Lawson allegedly bushwhacked the trio.    He shot the two men and the ex-girlfriend.  The boyfriend is still on life-support as he fights for his life.  The ex-girlfriend suffered a gunshot wound in her hand.  Howell was shot to death.  The long-time Nissan employee left behind a young child. Lawson surrendered to JPD last week.

Lawson was convicted twice of receiving stolen property.  A Hinds County grand jury indicted him in April 2019 for  armed robbery as a habitual criminal.   The indictment included a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm as well. Lawson was denied bond.  

However, Lawson got lucky as Circuit Judge Winston Kidd set his bond at $40,000 on December 30, 2020.  Lawson posted bond.  He was represented by attorney Tom Fortner.  

Judge Kidd revoked Lawson's bond on his own initiative due to "media reports" that Lawson was a murder suspect. Fortner withdrew his representation of Lawson on July 8.  

 

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kingfish: You stopped just shy of announcing the 'moral to this story'. Please continue. Otherwise we will hear from several chirpy attorneys that the justice system worked as it should have and the jurdge had no choice.

Anonymous said...

They need to keep a roster of those out on bond. Reduces the suspect list quite a bit. Still large, but reduced.

Anonymous said...

What's your beef? As you no doubt know (or should know) a bail bond is to secure the appearance of the defendant at trial. That''s all. It's not punishment, or denied because the defendant is a "bad guy", or denied because the defendant might commit another crime. You seem to have a misguided view of bail.

Anonymous said...

Lawson’s ex wasn’t harmed in the ambush?

Anonymous said...

A bond is not only to ensure that the defendant will appear in court, but also to protect the public.

Kingfish said...

Indicted in April 2019. Over two years later, should've already gone to trial or been adjudicated. Apparently you missed that part of the post.

In another case, Terrence Young should have had his bond revoked after he was arrested for a second violent felony in two months. Instead, he stayed out on the street and now has killed someone. Allegedly.

Anonymous said...

Haha, what a clownshow order revoking bond. That’s the definition of an illegal revocation of bond. “Heard through the media…” bond revoked. It shows you how worthless DA Owens and his crooked minions are, as well as the understaffed JPD.

Anonymous said...

A local news report that someone is wanted by the local police department for murder isn't exactly "'Heard through the media . . '"

Plus, it was true. If it was not true, he could argue that at his revocation hearing and had the order rescinded.

Anonymous said...

Public defender at 5:00 or just another 'free them all' whiney-baby?

Anonymous said...

This weekend in
New York, New York a
Boy, 13, and
man, 19, were killed and
7 were injured in
6 shootings over
14 hours in the Democrat controlled NYC as the out of control crime spiral continues.

But have no fear – because the
Mayoral Democratic primary winner Eric Adams
is traveling to Washington to meet with
Democrat President Joe Biden to talk about how to
fix the soft on criminals anti-police mess Democrats created.

Prediction: the fools that created this mess will tell the fools that elected them “it’s the guns fault and disarming law abiding citizens will fix it;” and the fools that elected them will take the bait like they always do.

Is this a great county or what? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous said...

@6:09 - Please list 3 cities run by Republican mayors which do NOT have crime problems. We are breathlessly waiting for you to list some.

Anonymous said...

7:42 AM
The problem with your request is the fourth word in your request. Polity be damned.

Anonymous said...

6:09: republicans are good!
7:42: democrats are good!

Imagine how much better it would be if we ALL stop defending both sides of useless rich politicians and simply agreed crime is bad and criminals should be punished.


PittPanther said...

10:04am that's the thing. Throughout the country violent criminals almost always ARE punished (Jackson notwithstanding). But the problems with punishment are several:
- someone is already dead
- putting people away costs big money
- there seems to be a never-ending supply of new violent criminals

Someone smarter than me once said "you can't arrest your way out of a crime problem."

Lock and Load in the Radical New City said...

@7:42 AM - If you can still type while choking on the progressive kool-aid, define "crime problems."

Anonymous said...

Fair enough Pitt.
So how should society punish crime?
What is the most affordable way to once and for all, end the supply of criminals?

PittPanther said...

2:46pm don't get me wrong, violent offenders need to be punished. But its important to note that most of them will eventually return to Society. It's in our best interest to prepare them for that return.

I don't know of a sure fire way to reduce the supply of future criminals. The usually suspects of education for everyone, plentiful well paying jobs, decent affordable housing.

A more draconian answer? No one under the age of 30 is allowed to bear children. No more kids having kids, no more immatures raising kids and laughing instead of disciplining. Gives people time to get financially stable.

Good luck implementing this.


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