Judge finds system failed RI man promised shorter prison term in murder
Judge Susan E. McGuirl's decides to cancel the plea of a man who is serving a life prison term for a 2012 triple murder.
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Judge Susan E. McGuirl's decides to cancel the plea of a man who is serving a life prison term for a 2012 triple murder.
It was Brandin's father. "Unc, Brandin's been shot five times." Potter, struggling to compose himself, asked his nephew to repeat the news, only to hear it once more. "Brandin's been shot five times." As reality sank in, Potter then asked how he was doing. "He doesn't look good, unc." Six days later, McKinney succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. He was 27 years old. 2021: Gun violence in Providence All told, seven lives have been taken by gun violence on the city's streets since the start of the year. By this time last year, the shooting death toll was one. At the same point in 2019, i...