“The officer who fired the fatal shots at the 16-year-old, however, was cleared of all charges by a grand jury.”
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There is absolutely no justice in this. First of all why is he being tried as an adult?
basically the reasoning behind this bs is that he was an accessory to murder because he was involved in the robbery, which “caused” the officer to have to fire his gun. laiketh was offered 25 years if he plead guilty, 65 if he took it to trial. (long sentences like this are basically used to scare people into pleading guilty.) he decided to fight (because, you know, he didn’t actually shoot anyone) but he lost. it’s so sad and stupid.
“I don’t think Mr. Smith will be smiling long when he gets to prison,” District Attorney C.J. Robinson said. “We are very pleased with this sentence. Because the sentences are consecutive, it will be a long time before he comes up for even the possibility for parole, at least 20 to 25 years.”
This adult is speaking with joy about sentencing a 15-year old kid to prison for the rest of his life, knowing full well the kid isn’t guilty for the crime he’s being punished for, because it was proven to be the police who murdered his friend.
there is no grain in this that isn’t the most absolute form of evil , and C.J Robinson deserves to die
I don’t usually comment on this sort of thing but this is absolutely batshit. You’ve got to stretch the concepts of mens rea and actually reus to their absolute breaking point before this even begins looking remotely sane. I knew America’s justice system was fucked up in a lot of ways but not like this.
There’s a reason he got the 65 years. First he refused his initial terms and publicly made fun of the court that was handling his case, with remarks like “I don’t have time for this” and laughing out loud in front of the judge. Whether the actual number of years is final or not, the attitude he presented to the court gave everyone in the room little reason to sympathize with him.
src: http://www.fox8live.com/story/37892195/teen-laughs-before-judge-hands-down-65-year-prison-sentence
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