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Anyone who's been incarcerated and then released should then have to check in with mental health experts. francisco was scheduled for a court appearance on october 15th regarding that incident involving his ex-girlfriend. nearly two weeks before that date, pine was killed. republican senator tom cotton, an outspoken critic of the first step act, said this case is upsetting, but it's not a surprise, letting violent felons out of prison early as the first step act did leads to more crime and more victims. but other lawmakers who helped pass the law stood by it in the wake of pine's death. >> the...
Since the first step act was ushered in late last year. federal officials say it appears francisco's case is the first example of someone released under the act going on to be accused of murder. >> it's a flawed system. it's a beautiful program to get people to come home that don't need to be dieing in jail. there's got to be more steps. some people have to be held accountable. >> reporter: nearly three months before pine's murder, police in providence had a run-in with francisco. this police report shows he was arrested and charged with domestic violence and attempted breaking and entering. t...
Are devastated. they're mourning the loss of troy pine, stabbed to death the night of october 2nd. it happened at this popular lounge in providence, rhode island. the motive still unclear. the suspect now behind bars. >> my family wants answers. >> reporter: this past february, francisco was released from federal prison. he had served 14 years of a life sentence for selling drugs like crack cocaine, but his sentence was reduced to time served, and he was let out. why? francisco was released under the first step act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill signed into law by president trump l...