Understanding Marginal Deterrence: Detroit man facing charges of murdering his parents, an ex, and accused of torture was released after posting $10,000 bail, while released he murdered another person

Mar 26, 2023 | Bail Reform

Some people don’t understand the notion of marginal deterrence. This accused murderer was already facing three life sentences. Is the threat of a fourth life sentence going to matter? Three life sentences didn’t do it, but when he faces the fourth life sentence, that is just too much of a penalty? Seriously? This guy had nothing more to lose by committing another murder and stealing her car.

Jonathan Welch, the Detroit man who was released on a low bond after being charged with several felonies including torture, has now been charged with a fourth murder that happened prior to his original arrest in June. 

Welch was charged Thursday with the murder of Natayla Morse, 24, whose body was found in a field on Detroit’s east side on June 4. Morse’s body was originally unidentified but later confirmed.

According to a release from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, Welch is accused of killing Morse with ‘blunt force trauma’ to her head, then stealing her car and setting it on fire. . . .

Prosecutors then say 36th District Court Magistrate Dawn White set Welch’s bond at $100,000 / 10 percent cash surety. After posting the $10,000 bond, Welch walked out of jail and a few days later, his ex-girlfriend Zlayiah Frazier was dead. . . .

Jessica Dupnack, “Jonathan Welch, man out on low bond accused of murder of parents and ex, now charged with another killing,” Fox 2 (Detroit), March 23, 2023.

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