Northwest Georgia Implements ‘Three Strikes’ Policy for Probation Violators

Brandon Edward Jackson will serve the remainder of his original sentence in prison following repeated probation violations, marking the application of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit’s new “Three Strikes and You’re Out” policy for probationers. District Attorney Clayton M. Fuller announced the decision today.

Jackson was originally convicted in 2014 of Cruelty to Children in the First Degree and Aggravated Battery, receiving a 20-year sentence with six years of confinement and the remainder on probation.

Despite receiving the benefit of a plea agreement, Jackson violated his probation terms twice before. His third probation revocation hearing was set for July 1, 2025. During the hearing, Assistant District Attorney David Wolfe presented evidence that Jackson destroyed government property and made death threats against his probation officer, along with threats of sexual violence toward other female probation officers.

In accordance with the District Attorney’s new policy, which targets repeat probation violators who misuse taxpayer resources and endanger the community, Mr. Wolfe requested that Jackson’s remaining probation be fully revoked. Judge Chris Arnt concurred with the State’s argument, revoking Jackson’s probation to the maximum extent of the original sentence through 2034.

District Attorney Fuller commended Assistant District Attorney Wolfe and the Department of Community Supervision, stating, “These probation officers are some of the hardest working folks in law enforcement, and they get very little recognition. They protect our communities every day, often without thanks.”

Fuller emphasized the office’s commitment to public safety: “For too long, probationers in this circuit have acted like probation is a right ordained by God to keep them out of prison. Let me be clear: we have probation’s back. If you threaten these hard-working folks just doing their job on top of wasting the opportunity that the taxpayers of this community gave you in a probated sentence you’re going to face the consequences. You disrespect the system, get ready to get disrespected by the State at a hearing and sent to prison for a long time. They may hug thugs in California, but in Northwest Georgia, we’re about to have more strikeouts than Nolan Ryan.”