
They thought that they could fool a jury and the jury saw right through them,” she says.The comments were part of a larger story told by Lovato in her YouTube docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, which premiered at SXSW on Tuesday, about trauma, addiction and her near-fatal drug overdose in July 2018. “They have not accepted responsibility for their crimes. However, Prosecutor Dailey fired back that the defendants were “not sorry enough to change their pleas”, calling their acts “pure evil” - referencing a quote from the victim as she stared at the defendants during her testimony. I disagree with his viewpoint, but I understand.” “In his view, they serve the same level of culpability. “I do believe the judge in some form or fashion, because he was trying to send a message,” says Anthony Johnson, Joey Garron’s attorney. The only thing that we can ask as defense attorneys is that they get a sentence appropriate of what they have done,” says Robert Johnson’s attorney Angela Dillon. “There’s really no way, as I said in the argument, to justify this type of conduct. He is sincerely apologetic for what happened,” says Adam Deaver, defense attorney for Ketorie Glover. “My client, like I said, handed me a letter before I started my closing. She told the court they all participated in a “rap battle” in her car and were having a good time until Glover and Johnson pulled out guns and forced her to start driving.Ĭolumbus Police: Suspect arrested in deadly hit-and-run at Forrest Road and Gleason Avenue

The victim first testified she met the three defendants at a “party house” on Garden Drive back on New Year’s Eve 2013. Lance Deaton calls “one of the most, if not the most, brutal crimes investigated.” Prosecutor Sadhana Dailey brought forward witnesses and recounted the details of the attack lead investigator Lt.

Aggravated Battery - Consecutive life sentence.Using a Firearm to Commit a Felony - 5 years to serveĭefendant Joey Garron received five life sentences and 70 years to serve for the following charges:.Hijacking a Motor Vehicle - 20 years to serve.Kidnapping with Bodily Harm - Consecutive life sentence.Rape - Life sentence without the possibility of parole.Aggravated Sexual Battery (2 counts) - Consecutive life sentence for each.Aggravated Sodomy (2 counts) - Consecutive life sentence for each.Aggravated Assault (2 counts) - 20 years to serve each.

Judge Art Smith III sentenced defendants Robert Johnson and Ketorie Glover to six life sentences plus 95 years to serve in prison for the following charges: Columbus toddler shot, currently in critical condition
