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California teen gets 21 years for killing gay student

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Kanen, Dec 19, 2011.

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  1. Kanen

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    California teen gets 21 years for killing gay student - CNN.com
     
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    dammit, why did iGoogle make me think that was new?
     
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    wait... why is it that the senetence for manslaughter was basically the same for the fire arms sentence?

    wouldnt manslaughter be a harsher sentence?
     
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    Manslaughter includes stuff like running someone over with your car by accident.
     
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    Im sorry, but this was a murder, not manslaughter. Lousy deal, 11 years for killing someone in cold blood because he's gay? Sorry, total fail. And they gave him 10 years for use of the firearm. Thats like saying having the gun was almost worse than what he actually did with it. I think the prosecutor chickened out & that the Fed's should have charged him with a hate crime, but that's just me...
     
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    Sadly, the prosecutor probably accepted the deal because they weren't sure whether a retrial would garner a conviction.
     
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    Yeah :/ It sucks that he's getting off so lightly, but it's better to have him serve 11 years for manslaughter than to be found not guilty and not have to serve any time at all.
     
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    I had my fingers crossed for life in prison or death penalty.
     
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    That's not going to happen anytime soon in California when it comes to a minor.
     
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    Point blank range in the back of the head is not manslaughter, its murder. That said, 21 years is about what you might get in the UK for murder anyway.
     
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    Point blank in the back of the head... twice.
     
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    Someone who kills another person in cold blood is clearly not fit to be a part of society. This is more true when the reason for the crime was something as small as someone being gay. The problem I see is that if he eventually comes out of jail, he could end up murdering someone else. I mean, for this guy any little event could trigger a dangerous or deadly reaction.
     
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    I can hope though
     
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    i remember when this first happened i was watching the morning news when it came up a few years back

    and they got around to a decision now? sheesh.
     
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