BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — It’s been more than a decade since investigators say a man murdered his cousin in Brevard County, leaving two young children without a father.
“I don’t think it’s safe to put him on the streets,” said Antonio Knight’s mother, Pam Lanier.
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Knight was shot to death on Pinson Boulevard in Rockledge on Nov. 16, 2012.
Desmond Elerby is accused of shooting Knight, 23, and under a proposed agreement, he would serve 20 years in prison with credit for five years time served.
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Knight’s parents are calling for the judge to reject the deal.
“Nobody that can murder their first cousin, or anybody else, walk around like nothing happened, deserves a plea deal,” Knight’s father, Alvin Knight, said.
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Prosecutors told the judge without a deal, their case would rely heavily on someone who was charged as an accessory after the fact in the case. She struck a deal with prosecutors that included her testimony for the state.
The judge delayed his decision and set a new hearing date for March 1 at 9 a.m.
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