Why Did Judge Junkin Release a Pedophile, But Not a Purple Heart Veteran?

Judge Samuel Junkin just released convicted child predator Timothy Vess Benton 12 years early, letting him travel back and forth to his family’s Gulf Shores beach house. However, he denied Iraq War veteran Sean Worsley— a Black Purple Heart recipient with PTSD— the chance at treatment, housing, and community support. Benton, a predator with at least a dozen young victims, walks free, while Worsley gets a 5-year prison sentence for medical marijuana that was legal in his home state. This is Alabama’s justice system on full display: protect the predator, punish the veteran