Killer Cop Adam Torres Gets Time Served for Murder of John Geer

A Fairfax County judge accepted a plea deal for Adam Torres today, meaning the killer cop will be released from jail on June 29^th, after serving only 10 months for the murder of unarmed John Geer on August 29, 2013.

Torres, a former officer with the Fairfax County Police Department, shot and killed John Geer without provocation as Geer stood with his empty hands up above his head in the doorway of his own home. Police had been called to the house by Geer’s girlfriend, who had reported he was throwing her belongings out on the front lawn after she had announced she was leaving him and taking their teenage daughters with her.

When Torres was arrested last August and held without bond pending his second degree murder trial for killing John Geer, many speculated that this would likely be the only jail time Torres would serve for his crime.  A sweetheart deal offered by Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh ensured that would be the case.

The deal was announced in court on April 18, the day that Torres’ murder trial was to begin. Instead, Morrogh revealed that he had offered a plea deal for a downgraded charge of manslaughter and a 12-month sentence. Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith seemed displeased at the light sentence and reminded Morrogh that it was his decision whether to accept the plea deal or not. He ordered a presentencing report to be completed and scheduled a sentencing hearing for July.

Morrogh hastily pushed for a June hearing date. That is most likely because Virginia law only requires inmates to serve 87% of their sentences, which, according to the Washington Post, would make Torres eligible for release on June 29, having served only 10 months of the 12-month sentence. Heaven forbid that Torres spend a day more in the county clink than the absolute minimum.

At the sentencing hearing today, Anne Geer, John Geer’s mother gave a statement urging a harsher punishment from the judge, saying it was “insulting to suggest that the crime of murder is only worth one year in a protected jail cell…John will spend forever in his grave. This is not justice for John.” She also mentioned how Torres intentionally executed her son, saying on multiple occasions that he didn’t regret killing Geer.

After the hearing, Torres’ wife, Danyal, whose tumultuous and openly unraveling relationship with Torres was reported to have played a significant negative impact on Torres’ state of mind the day he murdered John Geer, told reporters, “I love my husband. And he missed the birth of his son.” Like a typical (now-) loyal Blue Lives Matter spouse, she sidesteps assigning her cop husband responsibility for the effects of his own criminal actions, and ignores entirely the fact that his victim was robbed of decades of experiencing milestones with his own family.

This July 4^th, Adam Torres will be at home with his family, happily celebrating his independence from the kind of accountability dealt out to ordinary citizens who don’t enjoy blue privilege.

Killer Cop Adam Torres Gets Time Served for Murder of John Geer is a post from Cop Block – Badges Don’t Grant Extra Rights