DEPERRION LOTT PLEADS GUILTY IN KURTZ CASE, SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS
(Washington Co. Jail)
Deperrion Dwayne Lott has pled guilty to Aggravated Robbery in the case of Blinn College student Trey Kurtz.
The 20-year-old Lott was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in prison, by plea agreement. Lott was indicted with three other codefendants in the October 2014 murder of Kurtz.
Last month, Michael Dixon was convicted of Murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison, by a jury. During Dixon’s trial, much of the evidence came from another codefendant, J.B. Wright III.
Washington County District Attorney Julie Renken said, based on trial evidence, the verdict, and jury comments, Lott was allowed to plead to Aggravated Robbery – causing “serious bodily injury or death in the course of committing a theft”.
Aggravated Robbery is a first degree felony, punishable by 5-99 years, or life, in prison. Like Dixon, Lott will not be eligible for parole until he serves half of his sentence.
The victim’s father was in the courtroom for the plea. Through the Victim’s Assistance Coordinator for the District Attorney’s Office, the victim’s mother provided an impact statement, describing the effects on their family. Renken said the victim’s family agreed with the plea and sentence.
With two codefendants still pending trial, Renken could not provide further comment on the details of the case. Jordan Graves is set for a jury trial March of 2019, while a date for J.B. Wright III has not been set.
The big drivers of capitol crimes in this country are (1) Drugs & (2) A welfare system that has moved from being a helping hand to a way of life. A system where far too many folks are used to getting something w/o any effort on their part. As soon as the citizens get over all the political correctness & step up to address these problems, they will mostly disappear. As to drugs, it will take executing anyone over a certain age who distributes certain drugs to any person by sale. gift. carless handling. Move the age down every year for the distributor until 18 & the minimum age up every year the person on the receiving the drugs. Offer free treatment for any addicted person who truly wants to quit. The PC folks say “that’s too cruel”. I say, what is too cruel is the carnage caused by addiction (murders, theft of every ilk, accidents, early death of the addicted and destruction of families just as starters). As to the welfare system, go back to something similar to the old CCC and WPA programs. Do something constructive or you get nothing. This country has a lot of needs, folks can learn valuable trades & most importantly they can earn the self respect that comes with work. And while we are at it, we need to get serious about white collar crime with tough, hard prison sentences (not the soft institutions some enjoy in certain federal prisons or the slap on the wrist well connected get) and taking every asset the perp has, including what he transferred, up to 2 times what was stolen.
System Failure,
You really shouldn’t comment on something you obviously have no knowledge on. In order for justice to prevail an in depth investigation has to take place. Sadly we’re not allowed to linch people on the spot anymore. Our justice system isn’t perfect but it’s the best on the planet.
Why does it take four years to get this taken care of?? Something bad wrong with the system!
Hmmm. I’m wondering the same thing but it keeps some folks a job and others get free meals and gift cards etc. along the way. I wish I got free meals, free phone calls, free tv and ohh the free insurance is a plus!
Man, the criminals have it pretty good it’s a wonder why the keep committing crimes because what’s wrong with a little free stuff while thinking of the next crime they’ll commit or plan to outthink the others! It’s just a cycle and the same names keep appearing on the news outlets time after time! Whenever we get someone in the higher system with some bowls then the criminals might rethink their plans of crimes! Until then I’ll keep wasting my time reading and shaking my head how these kids, adults keep throwing their lives away! Oh, but if they do anything wrong their church or whoever will stand before them and say how good of a citizen they are… lol – please read between the lines and help them don’t encourage the wrong behavior by taking up for them! The End
Linch? System failure
Really. 45 years only for taking someone’s life. Really.
They were only 16, calm your nerves. If it was 4 white boys on trial for murder of a black boy you’re opinion would be different and you know it. Don’t speak on something you don’t know anything about because just reading kwhi doesn’t mean that you fully know about a case. Dismiss yourself!
Age makes NO DIFFERENCE;
A murderer is a murderer.
Race makes a difference tho
There you go…always about race “Land of the free” Its taken waaaay too long for these to be brought to justice!
The Land of the Free Statement is terrible.. The fact that race is brought into this is wrong, life has equal value regardless of race. My view of this case would be the same regardless of the race of the victim or the criminal. The sentence does seem to be pretty light for a murder but my opinion is based upon the crime not someone’s race. I am really tired of all the “race baiting” that goes on in our society and it is comments like the one above the continue to perpetuate this. It is time for people to put aside their prejudice and value people equally regardless of race.
Saying it is time to put aside prejudices and value people regardless of race and then actually doing YOUR part to put aside prejudices and valuing people regardless of their race are two different things. We can’t just talk the talk; we have to walk the walk or quit talking!
I could not agree more! It is time to put aside prejudice and preconceived notions that harm our nation and it’s people. That is a duty for ALL people. To many times it appears that people who are perceived to be in the majority are targeted with harsh names because they disagree with someone who happens to fall in some type of minority group, disagreement is not racism, it is not prejudice, and it is not right that some assume automatically that a different viewpoint constitutes racism which is exactly what some of the statements on this article have done. How about looking at the facts of the case and the circumstances behind the crime and quit making it a race issue.
The “linch” statement is terrible, too.
There should be an express lane for criminals who were caught red-handed, but that would not be the case here.
The word lynch conjures a terrible time in our country. No way we want that.