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MARIANA, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say an inmate who killed his cellmate last month while awaiting trial for killing another cellmate in 2015 is now in solitary confinement.
The News Herald reports 21-year-old Frederick Patterson III said he killed his 82-year-old cellmate Arthur Williams on Jan. 15, and told correctional officers that "there's one less child molester on the streets."
Patterson, a convicted burglar, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing 45-year-old Scott Collinsworth, a convicted robber, in the Apalachee Correctional Institution.
Patterson now faces a first-degree murder charge. Williams, who allegedly tried to lure a 9-year-old boy into his car, had been ruled incompetent 10 days earlier and was being held in the Jackson County Correctional Facility awaiting transfer to a mental facility.
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overfloaterx on February 2nd, 2018 at 23:05 UTC »
Not entirely sure this guy understands how prison works.
goodbetterbestbested on February 2nd, 2018 at 21:58 UTC »
In case you didn't read the article:
The murder victim was in his 80s
He had been adjudicated as incompetent to stand trial, not found guilty
The alleged crime of the murder victim was attempting to lure a 9 year old boy into his car
The accused murderer had just been sentenced for murdering another cell mate
While it is tempting to agree with the accused murderer, given the totality of the circumstances, it sounds a lot more like the accused murderer was rationalizing his crime than exercising righteous retribution.
branyk2 on February 2nd, 2018 at 21:42 UTC »
So does he use the "one less" line for all his cellmates he decides to kill?