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Walz commuted life-sentence of convict charged with killing 11-yr-old, has been arrested twice since

August 20, 2024 | | Print Article

Democrat vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz commuted the sentence of a teen killer who went on to commit additional crimes.

As governor of Minnesota, Walz voted in 2020 to commute the sentence of Myron Burrell, who was originally sentenced to life behind bars for killing 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards with a stray bullet in 2002, when he was only 16.

“Two years after his commutation, Burrell has been in and out of court hearings for two separate arrests,” according to the New York Post. “He was first arrested in 2023 for illegally possessing a gun and fifth-degree possession of controlled substance.”

“Burrell, now 37, was arrested again in 2024 and received a separate charge of one count of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance after police found evidence of a controlled substance in his car and a pill that tested for methamphetamine,” the Post noted.

During his first arrest after a traffic stop in Robbinsdale in 2023, the police noticed smoke coming out of his car and the smell of burnt marijuana.

“[A] search of the car uncovered marijuana and a Glock handgun,” Minneapolis station KMSP reported at the time. “Officers also found pills that field tested positive for methamphetamine.”

And then this past May, he was booked back into jail again “on probable cause for a controlled substance crime.”

Burrell was originally prosecuted by current Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who later pointed to the case as evidence of her tough-on-crime record.

However, the case came to light again after the Black Lives Matter riots when the Associated Press ran an extensive piece questioning Burrell’s guilt. Note that since the beginning, he’s been pleading his innocence.

“In 2020, an Associated Press investigation … called the case into question after the outlet pointed out that there was no DNA, gun or fingerprints directly tying the case to Burrell,” the Post noted. “Instead, the case relied on eyewitnesses and jailhouse informants who pointed to Burrell.”

In part presumably because of this reporting from the AP, Walz voted to commute his sentence to 20 years. And since he’s already served 18 years, that left just two more for him — all of which were served outside prison under probation/parole.

Walz said at the time of the commutation that “we cannot turn a blind eye to the developments in science and law as we look at this case.”

He also made remarks addressed to Edwards’ family.

“We’re not here to relitigate the crime committed against your family that took your daughter away,” he said. “There is nothing I can do to ease your pain, and it will not be made better.”

“But we must act today to recognize the law in this area has changed. Justice is not served by incarcerating a child for his entire lifetime for a horrible mistake committed many years ago,” he added.

Edward’s family, particularly her brother Jimmie Edwards III, wasn’t thrilled by the commutation.

“When she lost our sister, it took her away,” he said at the time of Edwards’ mother. “She was never able to recover. I’m glad my mom is not here to witness this because it would just break her heart.”

Responding to this news story, many in the public had nothing but disdain for Walz and the monster he’s released back into society.

Look:

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