Today, July 21, 2023, Judge Robert Wyatt sentenced Jermaine Washington,
Jr., 27, Lake Charles, to life in prison on one (1) count First Degree Murder; and 20 years in prison on one (1) count Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
Both sentences are to be served at hard labor without the benefit of
probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. The sentence for the charge of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon is to be ran concurrently to the life sentence.
In 2018, Washington was hired to kill. Washington strategically planned
and fatally shot the victim.
Assistant District Attorneys Charles Robinson Conrad Huber prosecuted
the case for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.