[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

NOBODY IS SAYING ANYONE IS INNOCENT!!!!

But correct me if I am wrong....the law as it stands in this country, supposedly gives everyone the RIGHT to have a fair trial by a jury of his peers....?

He got one. The law doesn't say those peers have to be of the same or similar skin pigmentation as the accused.

Think about that logic...you are trying this boy as an adult, with an inept PD and a jury NOT of his peers.....please tell me WHY you think that is fair.....and they are trying to sentence him for 80 YEARS??????

There's no logic in your statement. Just a bunch of disjointed assumptions. The "inept PD" (a black guy if that matters to you) is inept because he didn't call any witnesses. You have failed to comment on the fact that several here consider that to be (given the facts of the case) a decent strategy for the defense. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that a defense attorney calling no witnesses is not per se ineffective (and that was in a murder trial I believe). Calling no witnesses, relying on a vigorous cross (if possible) and a good close is actually not a bad strategy at all given the facts of this case.

And before the first trial, as the facts clearly point out, the charges were reduced to conspiracy (do do something, I don't know what which was later dropped by the judge) and 2nd degree aggravated assault. 80 years wasn't ever really on the table once the trial started. I believe the maximum sentence from what I have read is 22 years.

I wanna meet the asswhupping that lets someone go party several hrs later that is worth 80 years!!!!

I imagine if my grandfather had survived being beaten to death (with shoes, maybe gloves) he could tell you what that sort of an "asswhupping" would be like.

And you think after all that has happened and knowing that this place still has a 1950's mentality that he stand a fair chance of them being UNBIASED?

Have you been there? Again, it appears you are projecting your racial persecution fantasy onto this community.