Editor’s note: This article contains an emotional recounting of the crime from the victim’s family. Reader discretion is advised.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – After over a month of delayed court action, Joel Lang has been released from jail as a free man Friday afternoon after admitting to killing Kristy Kerst with his car last November.
Before dismissing the case, the El Paso County judge turned to the family of Kerst and said, “It is not my place to criticize the legislator,” before apologizing to the family for the pain this ruling would cause. He then turned to Lang and clarified that he wasn’t discrediting Lang’s defense…