Austin Collette should never have been out on bond and free to commit the murder-suicide that ended the life of his girlfriend. He had already been convicted of a 2019 murder and had committed other crimes as well. But a leftist judge in Harris County released him as he awaited sentencing.

“Court records show Collette pleaded guilty in December 2024 to the 2019 murder of a man during a botched drug deal,” ABC 13 in Houston reported. “He was placed under house arrest, wearing an ankle monitor, and was supposed to be sentenced in a few weeks.”