An 8-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries, announced the authorities on Tuesday during the accused’s appearance that risks lifetime prison. The heavy judicial file of the latter revives the debate on the principle of release on bail.
Le Monde with AFP
While Darrell Brooks JR appeared, Tuesday, November 23, before the Tribunal, Susan Opper, Prosecutor of Waukesha County (Wisconsin) in the United States, took the floor.
“I would unfortunately report to the court that we have learned of the death of another child in this case,” she said. This is an eight-year-old boy who had been touched at the head, according to his family. The death of this child gives six deaths the result of the drama, Sunday, at an annual parade, in the main street of Waukesha, a small town of the Grand Lakes region.
Darrell Brooks JR, 39 years old is accused of having thoroughly launched his Suv vehicle in the crowd attending or participating in the parade, a few moments only after being involved in a conjugal dispute nearby. In his crazy race, he also did more than sixty wounded. It is prosecuted for five voluntary homicides, – each lifelong lifetime -, and a sixth charge of charge will be added, explained M me Opper.
“he There are no words “
He did not obey the orders of two policemen who ordered him to stop before arriving on the parade site. On the contrary, it has accelerated, and one of the agents has “observed that the vehicle seemed to roll voluntarily from one side to the other of the road, striking many people”.
“There are no words to describe the risks of this accused to the population, not just the risk of flight, but the danger posed by his past of violence,” explained M me OPPER. She requested a deposit of $ 5 million (nearly 4.5 million euros), an amount accepted by Kevin Costello, who set the next hearing on January 14th.
A deposit ” Independent low “
Darrell Brooks has a heavy judicial. It has been involved in a dozen cases since 2000 in three American states, according to the Prosecution. In 2020, he had been charged with the endanger of others after shooting his nephew during an altercation. He had finally been released in February 2021 against a deposit of 500 dollars.
In early November, he was again sued for struck and tried to crush his child’s mother. It had been released a few days later by paying a deposit of $ 1,000, which relaunched the debate on the principle of release, a pillar of American justice, and some States have limited the use.
This amount was “indigently low” in terms of the facts and its heavy criminal, admitted Monday the services of the Milwaukee County Prosecutor John Chisholm. An internal investigation was opened on this decision, taking into contradiction with the instructions concerning the violent crimes and the risks posed by the accused, added the prosecutor.