It makes you wonder if Taylor wanted to go back to jail.
He spent most of his adult life there and the transition to being a free man might have been difficult for him especially considering he was in jail for a crime he didn’t commit.
Taylor had to know when he pulled the trigger what was going to happen.
An exonerated Florida man who was sprung from prison after wrongfully serving 33 years is back behind bars for attempted murder, authorities said.
Edward Clayton Taylor, 57, was tearful and jubilant last month after a judge tossed his conviction for raping a 4-year-old girl in 1986 after his attorneys fought the conviction for more than a decade.
But he now faces the prospect of another lengthy prison term after police said he shot a man during a dispute this week.
Taylor’s heartbroken mother said he quickly sank back into risky associations after his release.
“Oh my God. I am so numb, I am just numb,” she told the Florida Times Union. “I don’t know what to say. I fought so long to get him home, something he did not do and he came out and spent this time with obviously the wrong people.”
The incident in Jacksonville Beach was caught on camera and police found bullet holes in Taylor’s car during an attempt to question him about the shooting.
Cops said the video showed Taylor walking toward the victim and blasting him in the chest.
As he attempted to flee, several males pulled out guns and began shooting at his car. Police said the damage to Taylor’s vehicle was consistent with what took place in the video.
Taylor has denied being the shooter, but it appears they got him in 4k. The apparent motive of the shooting was over disrespect but they didn’t go any further than that.
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