(DailyAnswer.org) – A man who allegedly shot dead a husband and father of three children in 2023 was released from custody following an Ohio court’s clerical error, which stated incorrectly that the case had been dismissed.
Amaron Sanders was reportedly a passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a Mercedes-Benz, which 39-year-old Derek Driskill was driving in a parking lot. Despite Driskill managing to resolve the incident peacefully with the vehicle’s driver, Sanders allegedly got out of the car and shot the father in the head before he fled the scene.
Sanders, 22, was held on a $1 million bond at Cuyahoga County jail in Ohio while awaiting a trial in August. Court officials said that a different case with a similar case number was the one the court should have dismissed instead. The suspect was released in the evening of June 24, but jail officials did not notice there was a problem with the release order until the day after Sanders’ release.
Driskill’s wife, Andrea Johnson, recognized that people make mistakes but could not understand how a suspected killer slipped through the system and was released. She commented that it was “not justice” and that neither her family nor the general public were safe due to the suspect’s release.
Cuyahoga County spokeswoman Jennifer Ciaccia confirmed that Sanders had been re-arrested on June 26. Interim Chief of Corrections Nestor Rivera stated that the suspect was back in custody and no longer a threat to the public. According to Ciacca, US Marshals apprehended the suspect in Cleveland.
Associate Warden Kevin O’Donnell stated that most inmates were detained before trial and that they were therefore considered innocent until proven guilty. He added that cases were dismissed on a regular basis and that there was “no reason” to initially question the release. He stressed that the case was “unique” but that the Court would review its procedures to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future. Sanders is charged with felonious assault and aggravated murder.
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