Fifty-Five Years

And surprisingly, he will allegedly serve every day of it:

• A Chicago man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston, who was shot and killed during a robbery as she returned home from her shift in 2023, Cook County prosecutors announced Thursday.

  Judge Adrienne Davis handed down the sentence after Joseph Brooks pleaded guilty to the slaying: 35 years for murder plus a 20-year gun enhancement. By law, Brooks must serve every day of that sentence.

  Joseph Brooks pleaded guilty to first-degree murder before Cook County Judge Adrienne Davis. He is one of four men charged in the May 6, 2023, killing of Preston, 24, which prosecutors say occurred during an armed robbery spree that stretched for hours across Chicago’s South Side. Brooks admitted to shooting Preston as she reached for her weapon during the robbery, prosecutors have said.

There are three more jagoffs awaiting trial for this murder. 

We don't know if jagoff #1 is providing any testimony against his cohorts, but with a Guilty plea landing him fifty-five years in a state with no Death Penalty, we can't see what leverage the State has to compel testimony. Hopefully, the case against the rest is a as strong as the first one.

RIP Officer Preston.