Deryl Dedmon wants to get out of federal prison.
Demon Dedmon killed James Craig Anderson in 2011 in the parking lot of a south Jackson hotel. Dedmon and a truck full of friends laughed as Dedmon ran over Anderson. The hotel security camera recorded it all.
The Rankin County redneck pleaded guilty to murder in 2012. Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill sentenced him to serve life in prison. The Feds took their turn at bat and charged Dedmon with conspiracy to commit a hate crime and committing a hate crime involving race in 2012. JJ reported on March 27, 2012:
Convicted killer Deryl Dedmon and his fellow droogs apparently saw Clockwork Orange too many times as they engaged in a big bit of the old ultra-violence in west Jackson. The federal case against Mr. Dedmon, Dylan Butler, and John Rice provides the gory details on what these guys did for kicks. A Saturday night party apparently meant getting into the trucks and rampaging through west Jackson, picking on blacks and the homeless.
The indictment provides a glimpse into the world of Little Deryl:
"It was part of the Conspiracy that the defendants and co-conspirators A, B, C, and D, all young white men and women, would drive around west Jackson during the night and early morning hours looking for African American persons to verbally harass and physically assault.
The co-conspirators would use dangerous weapons, including, but not limited to beer bottles, sling shots (yes, you read that right), shod feet, and motor vehicles to attempt to cause bodily injury to African American persons in and around west Jackson. On occasion, the co-conspirators were successful at causing bodily injury to African American persons.
The defendants and the other co-conspirators would particularly target individuals they believed to be homeless and/or under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances because they believed such victims would be less likely to report on an assault.
These con-conspirators would encourage each other to cause bodily injury to and to use dangerous weapons in attempting to cause bodily injury to African American persons in west Jackson."
Dedmon pleaded guilty to the federal charges. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves sentenced him to serve 60 months on the conspiracy charge and 600 months on the hate crime charge. Dedmon is scheduled for release in 2054.
Apparently the perps were proud of their little misdeeds:
"The defendants and their co-conspirators boasted about their participation in racially-motivated physical assaults in west Jackson on prior occasions which involved the use of dangerous weapons and/or resulted in bodily injury to African American victims, thereby keeping other members of the conspiracy informed of their actions. .."
The indictment repeats facts about the James Anderson murder that are unfortunately and already too well-known. It does state Dedmon's crew was armed with a handgun and even concocted a story: There was no plan to harass blacks and they were simply trying to help James Anderson get into his truck because "he appeared to be locked out", and blame the victim for starting the fight.
The statement then provides more details on the group's prior history. Dedmon and Rice committed several acts of violence between April 2011 and June 26, 2011. They chased down a black man near a golf course. After they caught him, they beat and kicked him until he begged them not to kill him. "Members of the group thought it was funny that the man pleaded for his life." The group threw beer bottles at blacks later that night.
The Dedmon droogs decided to do their own version of joyriding another night. They thought it was funny to chase a black man in the parking lot of a gas station with their vehicle. Then there was yet another night where they found another black man in a deserted parking lot. They harassed him and then punched him in the face while the others laughed. Dedmon threw a beer bottle at a black man, hitting his target in the back of the head on another occasion. They did this on other nights as well.
The docket lay dormant until this year when Dedmon sent a handwritten motion for compassionate release to Judge Reeves in February. Dedmon asked the Court several months later why no action was taken on his motion. The Court replied it never received such a motion and instructed him to file it with the Court.
Dedmon asked the warden for compassionate relief in April 2024:
The warden did not approve the request.
Judge Weill sentenced Dedmon to serve two concurrent life sentences as well. Thus if Dedmon somehow got compassionate release, he will go right to state prison.
39 comments:
I don't suppose Rankin County is a large enough place for this guy to NOT be related to the like-named incarcerated Goon Squad member?
Sounds like he's right where he needs to be. Continue on.
Be careful what you wish for. I can't imagine life in Parchman would be a step up.
Not only will he never get out of prison, he’ll be buried in a pauper’s grave at the prison, he’s there for eternity.
The strongest word in the English language is "no".
In 2023, Daryl Dedmon's cousin Christian Dedmon was one of six law enforcement officers who tortured two Black men in Rankin County, south of Jackson
Your motion is dead, mon.
As ole Hank Williams used to sing "there's a tear in my beer." Lots of people in prison better themselves and help others. That is not a reason for "compassionate" release. I do feel for his family.
Oh man listen to all of you! Nobody gives a rats ass if a black thug kills 15-20 of his fellow black males. literally catch and release. None of you bat an eye. But for some reason you’ve all been conditioned to think the worst crime imaginable is a “hate”crime. Where were you bleating sheep when Jessica Chambers was burned alive?
This is about as idiotic as the “The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department Goon Squad” asking for “ compassionate release .”
They made the decision to go back and do it repeatedly, to little to late.
and out comes the race card, thrown by a different player at the same table at 2:41.
Read the whole post, and them tell us if you think this guy should be allowed to rejoin society.
Too little, too late.
The existence of "hate" crimes is political. Murder is murder. I don't think this murder took place because he liked the victim.
Nope. They are related.
2:41 - I would posit you as intellectually dishonest for trying to change the subject to a totally unrelated matter, but it appears the word "intellect" doesn't apply to you in any context.
Kingfish won't like this post, but here goes: If the races were reversed these (now) black youth would be granted leniency and allowed to serve, say twenty years and given another chance at life...due their youthful indiscretions.
Another option: Had these boys been black yoots, they might have received a pass, commanded to enroll in a diversion program followed by two years of house arrest and ten of probation.
But, most importantly, and in line with today's national news, were their mug shots every plastered across the media?
and your post is BS. There are plenty of young Black men in MDOC for life because of Hinds County murder convictions. I've written about lenient sentences but the vast majority of the convictions, if not all, for first degree or capital murder get life. Usually when you see 20-30 year sentences it's for second-degree murder.
Yeah, fish, but you post an awful lot of SQUAWKSS!!! so you may as well accept that you've laid down the narrative for the trolls to feed on.
Jessica Chambers’s is another story. I hope he pays for other murder.. Dedmon along with Carly Gregg has choices & made poor choices
@5:59 KF also uses his blog to denigrate and dehumanize the homeless in Jackson almost as often as his “Squawk! Catch and Release!” posts!
If some black teenagers had roughed up a drunk white homosexual at 5 am then ran him over while leaving because he was too wasted to get out of the way, it would have barely made the news. And there's no way would any of them have been charged with first degree murder or hate crimes.
Let me understand this. This guy brutally murdered someone for no reason? It has been several years ago. Now he wants out of his well deserved prison cell. I think the general consensus is to let him rot in jail. Is there any reason for this not to be the case?
He wants out of jail. Is that unusual for inmates to share that hope?
6:39, KF rightly shines a light on those who are allowed to evade justice and continue to harm others, and the judges who continue(d) to enable them.
There is a huge difference between news reporting and "laying down a narrative." One is objective truth. The other is subjective perception.
I realize there has been a sustained effort to blur those lines, but you don't fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. And you fight lies with truth.
For eight years KF fought Lumumba's lies about the condition of the City of Jackson, the hiding of crime statistics, and the idea that Jackson suffered only from a "perception of crime," by reporting facts, which included actual crimes and the lack of consequences for repeat offenders. I thank him for his service.
Didn't approve comment because what the comment said about victim in that case was not true.
KF was on the City of Jackson's impending financial disaster a long time ago: https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2010/06/jackson-refinances-bonds.html
9:39 is dead on right.
it took kingfish to ''free the land''.
I wonder why Deryl Dedmon wants to go from a medium security federal prison (FCI Marianna in Florida) to a state facility in Mississippi.
Is he deluded enough to think that if the feds release him early he can work the same magic on the Mississippi Parole Board?
Or does he have another reason to think he's got something fixed in advance in Mississippi?
He's probably still not right in the head but still???
It doesn't matter whether what they said was true or not. They straight up admitted they assaulted the guy, leading to his death, for hate crime motives. Mistake of fact isn't a defense.
But black perp, white victim, manslaughter plea and < 5 years in prison.
Federal prison is medium security. He probably doesn't get that classification in MDOC.
Kingfish always manages to have his cake and eat it too.
On one hand he spends an inordinate amount of time moaning about catch and release, even in cases of homicide/manslaughter as well as judges granting pardons with poems....and on the other hand, he now claims he's deep into spotlighting tough sentences given to black yoots.
You can circle the track backwards when you own the blog.
Rankin is lost
I’m gratified that Vincent McGee is still incarcerated for the murder of Richard Barrett back in 2010. McGee does have a release date, though. Does Dedmon?
Gets out in 67. He was born in 88. He was convicted of manslaughter and two other charges. The sentences are consecutive. Total of 65 years. Now here is how catch and release works. Saw this with the Magnolia Mayor Witherspoon. It is knocked down from murder to manslaughter. Big difference. Eligible for 50%. Don’t lose voting rights. Happened with Hambrick’s killer. I specified capital murder and first degree murder above for a reason. Their hands are pretty much tied on those crimes. Catch & Release gets it down to a lower charge. Then the fun starts.
Tooo little, tooo late. Ha oops
before I read the article I thought it was the goon squad dedmond. I was like ha yeah keep dreaming buddy
Dedmon wants his life back. Anderson no doubt would like his life back. When the latter happens, perhaps we can consider the former.
Where do you think they got the idea?
They were the Junior Goon Squad.
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