Sacramento sheriff: Downtown shooting that killed six is result of 'treating criminals like victims'
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Smiley Martin, 27, was released from prison in February after serving less than half of a 10-year sentence for punching and whipping his girlfriend with a belt while she was hiding in her closet, despite pleas from the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office that he "should not be released as he poses a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community."
In this undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry is Dandrae Martin. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP) Dandrae Martin appears Tuesday in a Sacramento County court where his arraignment was pushed back until April 27. (Jiovanni Lieggi/Fox News) Kay Harris, the sister of shooting victim Sergio Harris, places a decoration by a photo of her slain brother at a memorial in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 7, 2022. Six people were killed and many others were injured in the shooting that occurred Sunday, April, 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Photographs of De'vazia Turner are on display as his mother Penelope Scott speaks to the media during an interview at the corner of 10th and K street in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, April 4, 2022. Turner was shot and killed after a shooting broke out early Sunday morning. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP) A sheet is used to block the view as the body of one of victims killed in a mass shooting is loaded into a coroners van In Sacramento, Calif. April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Emergency personnel walk near the scene of an apparent mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Sacramento Police crime scene investigators place evidence markers on 10th street at the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, April 3, 2022. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)
The tragedy is just the latest example of what happens when society fails to punish repeat violent offenders, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones told Fox News Digital.
"The best predictor of future behavior is past conduct, and violent people, they're going to be violent when they get out, and that's what we've seen here," Jones said.
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