{"id":8693,"date":"2023-03-14T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693"},"modified":"2023-03-14T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:06:40","slug":"philly-repeat-offender-arrested-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693","title":{"rendered":"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a six-month manhunt, U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Halim Evans and 29-year-old Jamel King for the September 2022 murder of a pregnant teen.\u00a0 KYW News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/news\/local\/2-men-arrested-in-kop-for-murder-of-teryn-johnson\">reports<\/a> that on September 11, a car was identified on a security camera following two girls walking a dog in a Philadelphia suburb at 9:p.m.\u00a0 The video shows one of the men exiting the car and stalking the girls then eventually opening fire.\u00a0 17-year-old Teryn Johnson was hit in the chest and died later in the hospital.\u00a0 She was nine weeks pregnant.\u00a0 Police have not determined whether the suspects knew either girl.\u00a0 Jamal King had prior drug, gun and assault convictions, and probation violations at the time of the murder.\u00a0 He was recently sentenced to two years in prison for the gun and assault crimes but was released early after serving a few months.\u00a0 Following his election in 2018, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner implemented policies to seek the lowest sentences for criminals he chose to prosecute in order to achieve social justice.\u00a0 The pregnant teen&#8217;s murder constitutes collateral damage in pursuit of that higher goal.\u00a0 A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia-poll-2023-mayor-race-crime-public-schools-20230314.html\">poll<\/a> by the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 90% of respondents said that crime was the top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a six-month manhunt, U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Halim Evans and 29-year-old Jamel King for the September 2022 murder of a pregnant teen.\u00a0 KYW News reports that on September 11, a car was identified on a security camera following two girls walking a dog in a Philadelphia suburb at 9:p.m.\u00a0 The video shows one of the men exiting the car and stalking the girls then eventually opening fire.\u00a0 17-year-old Teryn Johnson was hit in the chest and died later in the hospital.\u00a0 She was nine weeks pregnant.\u00a0 Police have not determined whether the suspects knew either girl.\u00a0 Jamal King had prior drug, gun and assault convictions, and probation violations at the time of the murder.\u00a0 He was recently sentenced to two years in prison for the gun and assault crimes but was released early after serving a few months.\u00a0 Following his election in 2018, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner implemented policies to seek the lowest sentences for criminals he chose to prosecute in order to achieve social justice.\u00a0 The pregnant teen&#8217;s murder constitutes collateral damage in pursuit of that higher goal.\u00a0 A recent poll by the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 90% of respondents said that crime was the top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-prosecutors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following a six-month manhunt, U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Halim Evans and 29-year-old Jamel King for the September 2022 murder of a pregnant teen.\u00a0 KYW News reports that on September 11, a car was identified on a security camera following two girls walking a dog in a Philadelphia suburb at 9:p.m.\u00a0 The video shows one of the men exiting the car and stalking the girls then eventually opening fire.\u00a0 17-year-old Teryn Johnson was hit in the chest and died later in the hospital.\u00a0 She was nine weeks pregnant.\u00a0 Police have not determined whether the suspects knew either girl.\u00a0 Jamal King had prior drug, gun and assault convictions, and probation violations at the time of the murder.\u00a0 He was recently sentenced to two years in prison for the gun and assault crimes but was released early after serving a few months.\u00a0 Following his election in 2018, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner implemented policies to seek the lowest sentences for criminals he chose to prosecute in order to achieve social justice.\u00a0 The pregnant teen&#8217;s murder constitutes collateral damage in pursuit of that higher goal.\u00a0 A recent poll by the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 90% of respondents said that crime was the top priority.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-14T18:53:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-14T19:06:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Rushford\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Rushford\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693\",\"name\":\"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-14T18:53:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-14T19:06:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/\",\"name\":\"Crime &amp; Consequences\",\"description\":\"Crime and criminal law\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758\",\"name\":\"Michael Rushford\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cjlf.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences","og_description":"Following a six-month manhunt, U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Halim Evans and 29-year-old Jamel King for the September 2022 murder of a pregnant teen.\u00a0 KYW News reports that on September 11, a car was identified on a security camera following two girls walking a dog in a Philadelphia suburb at 9:p.m.\u00a0 The video shows one of the men exiting the car and stalking the girls then eventually opening fire.\u00a0 17-year-old Teryn Johnson was hit in the chest and died later in the hospital.\u00a0 She was nine weeks pregnant.\u00a0 Police have not determined whether the suspects knew either girl.\u00a0 Jamal King had prior drug, gun and assault convictions, and probation violations at the time of the murder.\u00a0 He was recently sentenced to two years in prison for the gun and assault crimes but was released early after serving a few months.\u00a0 Following his election in 2018, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner implemented policies to seek the lowest sentences for criminals he chose to prosecute in order to achieve social justice.\u00a0 The pregnant teen&#8217;s murder constitutes collateral damage in pursuit of that higher goal.\u00a0 A recent poll by the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 90% of respondents said that crime was the top priority.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693","og_site_name":"Crime &amp; Consequences","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CriminalJusticeLegalFoundation\/","article_published_time":"2023-03-14T18:53:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-14T19:06:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FB_DefaultLJ.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Michael Rushford","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Rushford","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693","name":"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder - Crime &amp; Consequences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-03-14T18:53:44+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-14T19:06:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=8693#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Philly Repeat Offender Arrested For Murder"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/","name":"Crime &amp; Consequences","description":"Crime and criminal law","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/818db0b54694df828fde443a64c42758","name":"Michael Rushford","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cjlf.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8693"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8700,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions\/8700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}