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Column: What do we do about gangs?
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After six days of hearing testimony during a murder trial, I have many questions.A man convicted of murdering a local preacher was behind bars when the man was killed, shot in his sleep in a home located in a quiet, peaceful Statesboro neighborhood.Tarell Momon walked into the courtroom each day in shackles and handcuffs, flanked by three armed guards in addition to the regular courthouse security. Every time he stood, those guards stood between him and others, blocking every direction he could possibly take if he tried to flee.Already serving a life sentence for aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, armed robbery, kidnapping and other crimes, he now has a second life sentence tacked onto the end of the first. But are we safe?Momon has been in prison since he was a teenager.
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