The distraught father of a 22-year-old aspiring teacher murdered by a “career criminal” while visiting friends at the University of South Carolina scolded lawmakers on Monday for the lax crime policies that allowed her killer to remain free.

Stephen Federico delivered a raw, gut-wrenching address during a congressional hearing in Charlotte aimed at tackling growing concerns over violent crime and repeat offenders — speaking just weeks after the high-profile murder of Ukrainian national Iryna Zarutska.

Tension was already high before the grief-stricken father addressed the committee, after Democratic North Carolina Rep. Deborah Ross mistakenly pointed to a photo of his daughter , identifying it as Zarutska. 6

“This is my daughter, okay? This is Logan Federico,” he chastised Ro

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