The city of Denver was shocked last may when an 80-year-old man named George Black was beaten to death in broad daylight while feeding pigeons outside the Colorado State Capitol. According to witnesses, 36-year-old Stephanie Martinez assaulted black in an apparently-unprovoked attack, punching him until he fell to the ground and struck his head, and then following to the ground while continuing to punch him until witnesses finally intervened. Martinez was arrested and ultimately charged with first degree murder after Black died of his injuries that afternoon. Martinez is currently awaiting trial on the charge.
Now the family and Denver community are outraged after a KCNC-TV investigation discovered that Martinez was a "felon with a history of violence going back more than a decade," and that she had been arrested twice for assault in the months preceding her alleged murder of Black. Black's nephew, John Stewardson, told KCNC, "This person has problems. This person should not be on the street... Letting people revolve through the door when a crime is done helps absolutely no one and ends up hurting people just like it hurt my uncle."-- More...
