Before Jerrmell Warren was sentenced to decades in prison Friday for murdering Angelina Palmer with a stray and reckless gunshot outside a Spanaway gas station, Palmer’s brother looked at Warren and offered words of forgiveness.
The brother, Willard Palmer, wasn’t forgiving his sister’s killer because he deserved it. Warren, 43, had made a horrible and irreversible choice to fire his gun, Willard Palmer said, and as a result had not only taken his sister’s life but shattered generations of family members.
Willard Palmer said he was forgiving Warren because he had to. The alternative was a lifetime grudge that he said would give Warren power over him…