"Killer" rapper freed on parole
Prison psychiatrists say he's A-OK to roam the streets
Darrel "Pharoah" Burton, affiliated with Houston rap group "Street
Military", has been
released from the penitentiary on parole after serving just seven
years of a fifty year sentence for the attempted murder of a 55 year
old woman while high off PCP.
Mr. Burton had attempted to plead not guilty due to insanity, which at
his trial defense
psychatrists had demostrated by various tests showing that Mr. Burton
was schizophrenic
and, among other things, had trouble with concepts of "empathy" and
could not
distinguish differences between various human facial expressions.
Prosecutors argued that this was a result of Mr. Burton's rampant PCP
abuse and that his attempt to bury the woman while she was still alive
showed foreknowledge of the consequences
of his actions.
The rapper did not know the victim, appearently being prompted by PCP-
enhanced delusions that she was an "assassin from hell".
Some of the more unusual restrictions of Mr. Burton's parole, besides
the usual random drug testing and restraining order forbidding him to
approach the victim and her family, are the twice weekly mandates to
see a psychiatrist and the restrictions against him approaching or
owning a domestic animals, because according to a former girlfriend's
testimony, "He used to kill my dogs and carve them apart to look for
the "bugs" he thought the FBI and CIA were putting inside of them".
The rap group Street Military, known for such local hits as "Kick Door
Burglar", "I Don't Give A Damn", and "Dead In A Year", were optimistic
about their group member's release.
"Me and Pharoah been talking since he been locked up,", says fellow
"Street Military" member KB Da Kidnappa. "He ain't been doing nothing
but writing rhymes and lifting weights. He's coming out harder than
diamonds!"
"He read the Qu'ran now too,", added fellow member Lil' Flea.
Attempts to contact Darrel "Pharoah" Burton were unsuccessful at this
time.
SNIP
> "Me and Pharoah been talking since he been locked up,", says fellow
> "Street Military" member KB Da Kidnappa. "He ain't been doing nothing
> but writing rhymes and lifting weights. He's coming out harder than
> diamonds!"
>
> "He read the Qu'ran now too,", added fellow member Lil' Flea.
>
> Attempts to contact Darrel "Pharoah" Burton were unsuccessful at this
> time.
>
> robcypher.livejournal.com
They all sound like crooks.