Stephen Federico blames the system for failing to protect his daughter Logan Federico was killed at the hands of a career criminal [VIDEO]

The grieving father of a North Carolina college student slain in a brutal home invasion earlier this year delivered an emotional testimony during a congressional hearing in Charlotte on Monday — blasting lawmakers for what he called his daughter’s “preventable death.”

Stephen Federico, father of 22-year-old Logan Haley Federico, an aspiring teacher from Waxhaw, North Carolina, told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance that his daughter was “executed” by a repeat offender who should have been behind bars.

“Think about your child,” he said, his voice breaking as he described Logan’s final moments. “Dragged out of bed. Naked. Forced on her knees. Hands over her head. Begging for her life. Begging for her hero — her father — who couldn’t be there.”

A promising life cut short

Logan Federico, just 5’3” and 115 pounds, was shot and killed during a violent break-in at her Columbia, South Carolina apartment in May. The accused gunman, 30-year-old Alexander Devonte Dickey, is a convicted felon with an alarming record — 39 arrests and 25 felony charges.

Despite that record, Federico reminded lawmakers, Dickey was still free. After killing Logan, police say he broke into multiple homes, stole from residents, and went on a shopping spree with stolen credit cards before being captured in a manhunt.

“The system failed my daughter”

Holding back tears, Federico told lawmakers that the justice system failed his family:

• Dickey should have been serving more than 140 years, he argued, but had only spent about 600 days in prison across a decade.

• He called out a system that kept releasing a man committing “2.65 crimes a year since he was 15.”

• “Isn’t prison supposed to determine if someone can be rehabilitated?” Federico asked. “But you’d actually have to put him in prison to find out.”

Logan had recently discovered her dream of becoming a teacher, her father said. “She finally figured it out. Two weeks before she was executed.”

Politics and pain

The hearing was intended to address violent crime and repeat offenders, but quickly became divided along party lines. Democrats pointed to a lack of funding for prosecutors’ offices, while Republicans argued lenient judges and policies were to blame.

Federico rejected both sides’ excuses. “There is only one thing that would have kept my daughter alive — putting a career criminal in prison.”

Logan Federico, Waxhaw, North Carolina woman shot dead by Alexander Dickey career criminal during South Carolina home invasion.

Remembering Logan

As the debate rages, Logan’s family is left to pick up the pieces. A GoFundMe has raised more than $45,000 to support them through their loss. Friends say Logan was kindhearted, driven, and just beginning to chart her future.

For her father, the message is clear: “My daughter’s life was stolen because a system designed to protect her failed at every turn.”