One of the criminals used as an example by policymakers drawing up the state’s three-strikes law was a man named Stonney Marcus Rivers, as Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center pointed out. Guppy told KIRO, “He became one of the first cases in our state that was eligible for ‘three strikes, you’re out.’”
Now he stands accused of murder.
On November 2, police officers raced to the Golden Kent Motel after a shots-fired call. They found David Cabrera dead from a shot to the face; police suspected the murder was part of a drug deal gone sour.
Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas said surveillance video revealed Rivers had fled the scene. He added, “We believe it was Mr. Rivers that pulled the trigger. We certainly know, if Mr. Rivers’ sentence wasn’t commuted, he wouldn’t be out of custody and he would not have committed that crime.”
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