Seattle Judge Veronica Galvan's decision to free an armed robbery suspect who allegedly disemboweled a teenage boy, and a number of similar progressive rulings in her courtroom, led her to believe that “in effect… She became as dangerous as the violent suspects she chose to keep off the streets,'' talk show host Jason Lantz told FOX News Digital.
Millers J. Canales, 17, a reputed member of the Norteño gang, was charged on December 17 with assault, kidnapping, and robbery. Canales and an accomplice allegedly lured a 14-year-old boy to Lions Park in Everett. KOMO News reported.
According to the Snohomish newspaper, the victim, who later admitted to police he had ties to the rival Southside Locos, was tied to a tree, stripped naked, stabbed eight times and carved with the letter “N”. After his internal organs were cut, he was left to die. County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. The 20-minute attack was captured on surveillance camera footage, the agency said.
The victim survived and went to a nearby house for help.
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Seattle Judge Veronica Galvan released Millers J. Canales before his next court appearance on the armed robbery charge. Canales allegedly disemboweled a 14-year-old rival gang member while out of prison. (KTTH)
Police quickly identified Canales as the main suspect in the attack. When he was arrested by Everett police, officers found a bloody sweatshirt and green boxer shorts with blood on them. KTTH reported.
A few weeks earlier, on November 15, Canales was arrested in Seattle on suspicion of gang-related armed robbery. He was released without bail by Galvan on Dec. 2, despite objections from the King County Prosecutor's Office, where he was awaiting trial on charges of dismembering a 14-year-old boy.
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The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment.
“She doesn't believe that prisons work, especially when it comes to youthful offenders. Prisons don't disincentivize. They don't change behavior,” Lantz told Fox News Digital. “The problem, of course, is that you can't look at it through the lens of just wanting to reform. Keeping dangerous people out of prison is also about protecting the public every day. That's where they need to be. Another day's felonies could be committed and create new victims.
“And unfortunately, in this judge's case, we see the same thing happening over and over again with the people who stood before her and got slapped on the wrist,” Lantz said. continued.
In early 2024, Galvan freed a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old brother accused of using a ghost gun to steal a car and leading police on a high-speed chase. Fox13 reported.
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Seattle Judge Veronica Galvan was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in 2014 and has run unopposed in every election since. (Google Maps)
In July, three teenagers were released on electronic home monitoring after they were accused of threatening parade participants with guns loaded with automatic bullets. Prosecutors argued that the teens should be held in jail for the safety of the community. KOMO News reported. But Galvan said she wants to know if the teens can turn things around through community support programs.
“We've been detaining people for years, but crime still exists. Children are still committing inappropriate things and we still have alarming behavior,” the newspaper said. she said. “This is going to require more than just throwing people in and locking them up without a key.”
Lantz said Galvan's actions on the bench “take his ideology, make it part of his job, and view his decisions through a very specific social, justice-focused ideological lens.” It's a perfect example of what happens sometimes.”
Additionally, Galvan is not the only soft-on-crime judge who regularly releases suspects who have committed more serious crimes, he said.
“On my radio show, when I cover these types of stories, I have a basic rule that even if I remember the judge's name, it's almost never for a good cause,” Lantz said. he said. “It's always because of the pro-crime policies that they've enforced and adopted. And I know the names of a lot of the judges. Unfortunately, it's because a lot of these judges are dangerous… Get back on the streets because you're making stupid and dangerous decisions that are pushing people into a corner.'' ”
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The photo shows a Seattle Police Department cruiser. (Photo by GENNA MARTIN/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
“This is not just Veronica Galvan's story. You could probably write a similar article about dozens of judges across the state who just so happen to be involved in very high-profile cases.” It just caught my attention because of that,” Lantz said.
Both Seattle and Washington state are “living the consequences” of the progressive court's ruling, he said.
“Many of the judges and many of the prosecutors in the state have actually adopted the position that they want to dismantle the criminal justice system and rebuild it through a very specific ideological lens. “We've seen it most clearly in the BLM movement of 2020 and 2021, where they were literally using this word to dismantle and rebuild the criminal justice system,” Lantz said.
“We've seen policies and laws changed that specifically try to create a system where justice is actually not blind,” he continued. “Based on their identity as defendants, they are treated differently. More positive for them and negative for the victim. That is our unfortunate reality…Washington state… I've been infected with this kind of woke thinking for a very long time. It's been a while.”
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Galvan was appointed to the position by Washington Governor Jay Inslee in 2014 and has repeatedly run unopposed for re-election since then.
“We have a problem in King County, especially in Seattle, where there are a lot of vacancies that end up being filled by Democratic governor appointments. And no one is willing to challenge them. This is a failure.” , I think on the local Republican side,” Lantz said. “Either we try to recruit the best people to run for these positions, or we continue to do what we've seen, which is just ceding all this power to radicals.” ”
