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International Business Times UK
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Charlotte Judge Under Fire After Releasing Repeat Offender Accused in Fatal Stabbing of Ukrainian Refugee

When 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train, shock swiftly turned to fury.

The accused killer, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., had a long record of violent crime and mental illness. Yet just months earlier, Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes released him on a mere 'written promise' to appear in court.

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