Semmie Lee Williams Jr., 39, is a drifter. Records show he has moved around a lot and his life has been chaotic and violent.
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From 2004 to 2016 there were at least 12 criminal charges.
Here are the ones that speak to a danger to society.
- An assault involving strangulation. In that case, the victim was a senior citizen.
- 2 domestic assaults.
- Carrying a concealed electronic weapon
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McKamey is a former prosecutor in Palm Beach County- now a criminal defense attorney.
We showed McKamey Williams’ criminal history and he says, it doesn't matter what complications prosecutors encountered. He says they should have been more heavy-handed, he says the pattern of violence is alarming and blatant.
"How did this guy fall through the cracks and why was he ever let out?" McKamey said, "Because someone at first appearance should have said 'listen we don’t have convictions on all of these cases but there is a serious problem here, this guy has an extremely violent history, maybe he’s mentally ill.' "
And McKamey says extremely high bonds or no bonds should have been used to keep Williams off the streets.
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We showed McKamey the Youtube page and he says these videos suggest paranoid delusions, he says he saw it often as a prosecutor.
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"This monster was out on the street when obviously, clearly, he shouldn’t have been," McKamey said.
McKamey says the death penalty could be sought in the Williams case.
I Team: Semmie Williams criminal history