Grieving mother furious with St. Louis prosecutors for striking deal with son's killer
State law requires victims be told about developments in their cases, but Shirley Cobb said Kim Gardner's office did not tell her about a plea deal
Author: Christine Byers (KSDK)
Updated: 10:20 PM CDT July 21, 2021
ST. LOUIS — A grieving mother is furious with St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after she says prosecutors struck a deal with her son’s alleged killer without her knowledge and is begging the judge not to accept it.
Shirley Washington Cobb says prosecutors with Gardner’s office plan to ask Judge Rex Burlison Monday to accept a plea deal for Jarmond Johnson that would send him to prison for eight years for the murder of her son, Dwight Washington at the Civic Center Metro Transit Center, near the Enterprise Center in February 2020.