Crime and Criminal Justice

State Attorney Monique Worrell in Osceola County is defending the earlier release of Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, who is now charged with three counts of first‑degree murder for allegedly stalking and fatally shooting three out‑of‑state tourists outside a Kissimmee vacation rental near Disney World. Worrell says Bojeh was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2021 attempted‑murder case and, under Florida law, had to be discharged from involuntary commitment once evaluators deemed him no longer dangerous, leaving prosecutors and judges without legal authority to keep him confined. She says Bojeh was ordered into outpatient mental‑health treatment but later fell out of compliance because he could not afford to pay, highlighting how ability to pay can determine whether high‑risk defendants remain under supervision. The new killings of brothers Robert Luis Kraft of Michigan, Douglas Joseph Kraft of Ohio, and their friend James John Puchan, also of Ohio, have triggered attacks from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and other critics who argue the insanity defense and conditional‑release framework let a violent offender return to the community. The case puts a spotlight on the tension between civil‑liberties limits on psychiatric confinement, public‑safety concerns about repeat violence, and the practical barrier of treatment costs in Florida’s system.