Meet Reginald Deshazo. He’s the lucky beneficiary of Illinois “Dog Years In Reverse” prison sentencing system.
He’s not wasted any time before returning to is previous occupation. In fact, he’s been a busy boy since getting released after serving just over 1-year in custody on an 8-year sentence for Aggravated Armed Robbery with a firearm in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Man accused of robbery spree paroled after serving one year of 8-year sentence
Springfield, IL (State Journal-Register) – Springfield police say a man on parole after serving one year of an eight-year prison sentence is responsible for a string of dollar and convenience store robberies in the past month and a half.
Reginald B. Deshazo, 33, of the 1700 block of East Reynolds Street was detained after officers were sent to the Family Video at 19th Street and North Grand Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Monday for a report of a hold-up.
After Deshazo’s arrest, police obtained a warrant and searched his home and allegedly found evidence that potentially links him to seven other robberies.
…Records show Deshazo robbed a nail salon on Wabash Avenue the morning of Dec. 12, 2014. He was convicted of aggravated robbery, a Class 1 felony, on Aug. 7, 2015, and sentenced to eight years in prison.
…Seven weeks later, Springfield police believe, Deshazo kicked off a string of robberies when he walked into the Dollar General at 2015 North Grand Ave. E., displayed a handgun and demanded money.
…Nicole Wilson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Corrections, said Deshazo was released early because he successfully completed 120 days in the IDOC Impact Incarceration Program, or boot camp.
From the IDOC Offender Search page:
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S16937 – DESHAZO, REGINALD B.
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| Parent Institution: | VIENNA CORRECTIONAL CENTER |
| Offender Status: | PAROLE |
| Location: | PAROLE DISTRICT 3 |
| PHYSICAL PROFILE |
| Date of Birth: | 03/11/1983 |
| Weight: | 168 lbs. |
| Hair: | Black |
| Sex: | Male |
| Height: | 5 ft. 10 in. |
| Race: | Black |
| Eyes: | Brown |
| MARKS, SCARS, & TATTOOS | ||
| TATTOO, ABDOMEN – ANGEL | ||
| TATTOO, CHEST – “ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME” | ||
| TATTOO, ARM, RIGHT UPPER – “BAKER” FLAMES | ||
| TATTOO, ARM, LEFT UPPER – SKELETON, CLOWN,MONEY,FLAMES | ||
| ADMISSION / RELEASE / DISCHARGE INFO |
| Admission Date: | 08/20/2015 |
| Parole Date: | 01/01/2016 |
| Projected Discharge Date: | 01/01/2018 |
| SENTENCING INFORMATION |
| MITTIMUS: | 14CF1359 |
| CLASS: | 1 |
| COUNT: | 1 |
| OFFENSE: | AGG ROBBERY/INDICATE ARM W/FIR |
| CUSTODY DATE: | 12/14/2014 |
| SENTENCE: | 8 Years 0 Months 0 Days |
| COUNTY: | SANGAMON |
| SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: | NO |
Florida puts armed offenders away.
In Florida, if you commit an armed robbery with a firearm, that’s a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Possession of the firearm itself adds ten years hard time to the sentence. Discharge the firearm, it adds twenty years. If someone is struck by the bullet, regardless of the severity of the injury, that act adds 25 years to the sentence. The sentence enhancements are not subject to plea bargains, parole or probation. They must be served in full.
Florida today, in addition to lots of sunshine, great beaches and warm weather, enjoys the lowest recorded rate of firearm violent crime in that state’s history.Â
It’s not from a paucity of firearms, either. Roughly one in five adults has a concealed carry license in Florida.
Illinois? Not so much.
So, Florida sends their armed violent offenders away to prison for a generation or more.  Illinois sends them to a 4-month boot camp, then releases them back into society.
Guess which program is saving lives and making communities a safer place to raise a family and enjoy a safer society?
This guy wasn’t an aberration, either. Also from the same State Journal-Register story:
Two men charged in connection with a 2012 double murder on North Ninth Street were living in a nearby housing facility for parolees. A parolee was also arrested for allegedly killing a homeless woman on Ninth Street in 2013.
This guy serves four months in prison on an 8-year sentence.
That’s like guinea pig years.
Here’s an idea: Give him a one-way plane ticket to Baghdad and let him try his armed robbery shtick over there. That’s a whole lot cheaper than incarcerating him for another month.
Sam
Black lives matters 🙂
…to everyone but “Black” people.
Heads should roll in cases like this. Due to the multiple layers in Illinois government, who should we blame for this blatant miscarriage of justice?
Catch and Release! This is only done because we allow it. We need to organize somehow and publish the names of these judges who perform the catch and release and vote against them for retention.
I’m not so sure it’s just the judges.
That’s just part of the problem. This whole “boot camp” bullshit is just putting a nice spin on a “Scared Straight” program that isn’t working.
Violent criminals have impulsivity control problems. Let’s help them control those impulses by deterring them. You rob the Family Dollar store and the only sex you’re going to get for the next 30 years will be with Bubba or Mongo in the prison shower. Don’t drop the soap.
That ” Scared Straight ” program in the democrap run justice system is really, ” Laughing your Democrat @ss OFF “.
One year in prison for an armed robbery?
Is this a sick joke?
This guy could have killed people. As it was, he scared the daylights out of who knows how many people. Now they have him for eight armed robberies. What will he get next time? 8 months in boot camp and a stern warning?
How about a rope around the neck? Worked in the old west, which wasn’t nearly as wild as Hollywood has made it seem.
Throw this bastard in a cell and lose the key.
I hope the next time is his last and somebody kills this thug.
Fat chance – they don’t let the Law-abiding carry guns in Chiraq.
Only in Illinois.
Our legislators – you know, the ones we elect to represent us – are constantly pushing Bills intended to benefit convicted felons.
They provide incentives to hire convicted felons.
They raise the level of convictions that can be sealed or expunged.
They seek to prevent employers from performing background checks.
They seek to prevent universities from performing background checks.
They seek new programs and services for felons, arguing they will be good for our economy.
And so on and so forth.
Yet never is there the suggestion that perhaps we should better incentivize people not to commit crimes in the first place.
THAT would be contrary to our values.
Doncha know, our d-political class are just an investigation away from being the criminal class themselves, they want to make their lives easier in their “retirement” years!
Dems in Illinois care more about not imprisoning their base of voters than keeping good people safe.
The for-profit prison system in this country likes to keep the easy-to-control, non-violent pot smokers in prison for years and years while turning the hard-to-control, and expensive-to-manage, violent offenders loose on society.
Can you blame us? I mean who wants to deal with that kind of hassle… its not like we’re running a prison here. Let society deal with those animals, its not profitable enough for us.
/sarc
Nice smile Buckwheat