The Louisville Courier-Journal reports on a jailhouse informant who was released in exchange for his testimony. Two months later, he was charged in the murder of a 15-year-old. From the story:
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge McKay Chauvin told James Mallory in February that he wasn’t a good choice to be released from prison on shock probation, given his criminal history — and, in fact, the judge had already denied the request previously.
But Chauvin nonetheless released him at prosecutors’ request after Mallory came forward with what he called “bombshell” information in a letter offering the Jefferson Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office evidence against several defendants in exchange for helping him get out of a nine-year prison term.
Now, just two months later, Mallory is charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy.