Judge Teresa Stokes freed Decarlos Brown Jr before he unalived Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train station.
“Decarlos Brown Jr. racked up more than a dozen arrests, including multiple assaults on women before he stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska to death. Unprovoked and premeditated. She was young. She was innocent. And she didn’t stand a chance.
Judge Teresa Stokes still cut him loose in January 2025 with no cash bail. A month later, when his own public defender questioned whether Brown was mentally competent to understand the consequences of his actions, Judge Roy Wiggins ordered an exam—then let him stay free anyway.
He is a literal sociopath with zero capacity for empathy. He is not a human. He only looks like one. The only fix for him is a permanent one.
This is the system in action: judges and DAs shielding sociopathic predators, rubber-stamping release after release, while girls like Iryna pay the price. Accountability isn’t coming because the people running the courts aren’t interested in justice.” – Ian Miles
