Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement.
Hinds County District Attorney, Jody E. Owens, II, announces a sentencing has been issued in the matter of Cause No. 19-0-796 and 19-0-799, State of Mississippi v. Morgan Quinn for the January 2019 death of local Pastor, Antonio Longino.
Quinn was charged with two counts; capital murder, which was reduced to second degree murder and aggravated assault.
Judge Tomie Green sentenced Quinn to serve forty years with ten years suspended and five years of supervised probation in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Quinn was also sentenced to twenty years for the aggravated assault charge which will run concurrently with count one.
District Attorney Owens stated “Pastor Longino’s murder was a horrendous act and a great loss to the community. Pastors should be able to unlock the church doors on Sunday morning without being murdered. The citizens should know that Quinn is the third defendant to be sentenced for this crime. Wherein each defendant has received a minimum of thirty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The women and men of this office are working tirelessly to ensure violent crimes as such are prosecuted to the fullest extent.”
13 comments:
Sure, but with 10-years suspended. Even Jackistan preacher murderers get blessings.
We need the death penalty. That is the only thing that will stop this nonsense.
With earned time credit, this guy will get out in about 15 years. Smh.
"We need the death penalty. That is the only thing that will stop this nonsense." Seriously doubt that. Don't see the death penalty as a deterrent. It will surely stop the one being executed from killing again, but I'm sure the ones killing accept the possibility of death themselves. Don't believe a rational reasonable adult will kill to kill as our non rational non reasonable brethren seem to do without pause. Don't get me wrong, we don't use the death penalty enough, but it will not deter.
11:25, we have the death penalty and even have the option of using a firing squad. I suppose the AG has to push for administering the sentence to those convicted.
To all the naysayers, I guarantee you if we fry each and everyone of these murderous, spineless, no conscience having assholes the other spineless, no conscience having assholes will take notice.
Second degree murder is a day for day crime. He will do 30 years.
"To all the naysayers, I guarantee you if we fry each and everyone of these murderous, spineless, no conscience having assholes the other spineless, no conscience having assholes will take notice." Yes they will, but the spineless, no conscience having assholes will not miss a step going forward. How can someone with no conscience care.
Definition. Lack of Conscience - Individuals who suffer from Personality Disorders are often preoccupied with their own agendas, sometimes to the exclusion of the needs and concerns of others. This is sometimes interpreted by others as a lack of moral conscience.
@2:30 I wish I was as smart as you think you are....
Well, the recidivism rate is 0 when capital punishment is implemented. And the taxpayers' cost of housing them for 30 years and retrying them 5 or 6 times goes to down as well.
The argument that capital punishment is a deterrence to future crime is a weak one at best. However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't use it for capital crimes. What @5:36 said is very true.
5:36 a.m., you are correct that the cost of incarceration goes down when capital punishment is implemented--only if we ignore the Constitution and implement it before the trial begins. The studies are numerous and exhaustive. Capital punishment is faaar more expensive than merely housing someone in prison for the same amount of time.; If you want to take away the trials, the appeals, the lawyers, the investigations, etc., then you can decrease the cost of the death penalty. With each Constitutional right taken away, you increase the risk of error for wrongful convictions and death penalties. When an innocent person is convicted wrongly and executed, then we just have the State ganging up on an individual and bullying him to death--for no reason other than we want retribution for some other perceived wrong--when the dead guy didn't even have anything to do with the first wrong. The guys in this case apparently ganged up on the pastor and killed him. You would have us (as members of the polity) gang up on someone chosen by prosecutors and kill him. If we're going to do that, let's at least have some rules that we follow that limit the potential for ganging up on someone wrongfully. And, if we have those rules, they will cost money to follow. But, we have laws, and they should be followed. Right?
10:17. Please supply a link or two regarding your statement about costs being lower for long term care of a prisoner. I agree it may be lower IF all appeal processes etc. are abandoned and it is straight lock up, but if carrying out sentence after one appeal was the norm, I'm not convinced. Honest and open discussion please.
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