… their lives who were murdered by someone who had previously committed another murder released by the judge only to murder. Again, I'll repeat one example, a man named Austin Collette. Austin Collette was not only arrested for murder, he pleaded guilty to murder. And he was a confessed killer only awaiting his sentencing and the judge, as opposed to keeping him behind bars during the sentencing, the judge let him back out on the streets. While he was out on the streets awaiting sentencing, he murdered a 23-year-old woman here in Harris County. That is horrific. And that's one reason why we were able to get the reforms passed during the session that Bree Hunt has already made reference to. But we're not done yet. (25:37–26:01)
CLAIM
Asserts that Austin Collette, a confessed murderer, was released and committed another murder.
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