A former federal prosecutor slammed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (Democrat), saying “Governor Walz must be held accountable” for commuting the sentence of a man convicted of murdering an 11-year-old girl.
During the period Interview On Fox Business, Joe Tailove, who is running as a Republican candidate in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, said Gov. Walz has been a “total failure,” adding that the governor “did nothing for days” during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.
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Tailove added that Walz needed to “take responsibility” for commuting the sentence of Myon Burrell, who was convicted and given a life sentence for the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards.
“I think Tim Walz needs to explain this. There is a criminal in Minnesota named Myon Burrell. Myon Burrell is a member of the Bloods criminal street gang so some of you may know his story. I prosecuted the Bloods in a recent case,” Taylove explained.
Tim Walz commuted the sentences of monsters and criminals during his time in Minnesota.
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“Mion Burrell shot and killed an 11-year-old girl while she was doing her homework in the kitchen of her Minneapolis home,” Tailove continued. “He was convicted and served almost 20 years in prison, and then he maintained his innocence, which was never true. Guess who commuted his sentence? Tim Walz.”
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“And shortly after his three-month probation was up, this criminal, Myon Burrell, was arrested for having drugs and a gun in his car,” Taylove continued. “And guess who put him on bail? Because he was released. Guess who put him on bail? The Minnesota Freedom Fund. The same fund that Kamala Harris was raising money for during the riots.”
Burrell was 16 at the time of his conviction. According to To Daily Mail.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who served as Hennepin County district attorney, led the case against Burrell.
In December 2020, Walz, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lori Gildea voted to commute Burrell’s sentence. According to To the Minnesota Reformers.
According to the media, the terms of Burrell’s sentence reduction allowed him to be released from prison and serve the remainder of his sentence on probation.
In September 2023, Burrell was stopped for a traffic violation and officers found him to have a gun and drugs in his vehicle, leading to him being charged with “felony gun and drug possession.” According to To Associated Press.
