CLASSIFIED AS LOW-RISK OR NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS

From time to time I am going to post some examples of inmates who were classified as low-risk or non-violent offenders before they were released from prison. Here is the first example:

NON-VIOLENT NON-DANGEROUS PAROLEE TO STAND TRIAL IN LILY BURK MURDER
By Bob Walsh

PacoVilla Corrections blog
January 27,2010

Charles Samuel, 50, was today held over to stand trial in the murder of Lily Burk.

Unless you have been living under a rock [in Califonria] for the last several months you will remember that Lily Burk was 17-years old when she was murdered, allegedly by Charles Samuel, a parolee living in an "in-custody drug treatment facility" operated by a private contractor in the LA area. The girls cell phone and car keys were found on Samuel when he was arrested for drinking in public by the LAPD. He had a significant amount of blood spatter on him, but there was not, at that time, a crime to tie him to. The parole division was at first very unhelpful about placing a parole hold on good old Charlie. Fortunately the cops knew of a parole agent who didn't have his head up his butt and they managed to keep Samuel in custody until they could figure out what was going on.

Lily Burk, who was 5-2 and weight about 100 pounds, had numerous injuries all over her body, including the bottom of her feet and bite marks on her face. It is likely she was killed by being stabbed in the neck with a broken beer bottle.

Samuel has been charged with kidnapping and murder. Even if convicted he will almost certainly die of old age in prison rather than be executed, all the time sucking up taxpayers money and getting Cadillac health care and other delivery of quality services. Makes you proud to be a taxpayer, doesn't it?