Kid sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing a mother and child while drag racing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the whole sentencing. The judge explains why he makes this ruling. The defendant will get out at the age of 45 if he serves the whole sentence. 40 if he serves 85%.

I have no idea what his lawyers were thinking.

KUDOS to the judge!! I am impressed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

wow. why?

Seems like he likes to roll the dice.

I think it is very deserved. He killed two people, including a child.

What difference does it make if he used a gun or a car?

Exactly! If you're old enough to recklessly drag race, carjack, etc and result is killing people, then go to prison for murder.

[Anonymous]

Thank God the victims were White.

If they were Asian-Americans or Black or any other minority, the sentence would have been very light. Maybe 18 months of community service, suspension of driver's license and $5000 fine. But the silver lining in this case was that it was a good looking young White woman and a White baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

wow. why?

Seems like he likes to roll the dice.

I think it is very deserved. He killed two people, including a child.

What difference does it make if he used a gun or a car?

Exactly! If you're old enough to recklessly drag race, carjack, etc and result is killing people, then go to prison for murder.

No, not murder - no mens rea in this situation. It’s vehicular homicide.

The carjacking case in DC is an underlying felony so that death gets categorized as felony murder- also lacks mens rea for murder but the felony murder rule doesn’t require intent.

[Anonymous]

The husband of the victim has to live with his two devastating losses for the rest of his life.

It makes sense then to have the criminal also pay for the rest of his life. I think this was very fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watch his eyes as the sentence is announced

What's with all this white targeting? Blacks and Latinos do the same. I am Latina and some dumb fluck was drag racing in a parking lot. He almost tboned us when we were parked! Dumb fckers come in every color

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the whole sentencing. The judge explains why he makes this ruling. The defendant will get out at the age of 45 if he serves the whole sentence. 40 if he serves 85%.

I have no idea what his lawyers were thinking.

KUDOS to the judge!! I am impressed.

It's Florida. They don't mess around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

wow. why?

Seems like he likes to roll the dice.

I think it is very deserved. He killed two people, including a child.

What difference does it make if he used a gun or a car?

Exactly! If you're old enough to recklessly drag race, carjack, etc and result is killing people, then go to prison for murder.

No, not murder - no mens rea in this situation. It’s vehicular homicide.

The carjacking case in DC is an underlying felony so that death gets categorized as felony murder- also lacks mens rea for murder but the felony murder rule doesn’t require intent.

Call it what you want. It's murder to me.

[Anonymous]

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Thank God the victims were White.

If they were Asian-Americans or Black or any other minority, the sentence would have been very light. Maybe 18 months of community service, suspension of driver's license and $5000 fine. But the silver lining in this case was that it was a good looking young White woman and a White baby.

You are wrong. Maybe in DC and Maryland. Not in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

Not a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the whole sentencing. The judge explains why he makes this ruling. The defendant will get out at the age of 45 if he serves the whole sentence. 40 if he serves 85%.

I have no idea what his lawyers were thinking.

KUDOS to the judge!! I am impressed.

It's Florida. They don't mess around.

+1 The 17-year-old who was racing with him got six years and wasn’t the one who hit and killed people. I can’t imagine being surprised by this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Thank God the victims were White.

If they were Asian-Americans or Black or any other minority, the sentence would have been very light. Maybe 18 months of community service, suspension of driver's license and $5000 fine. But the silver lining in this case was that it was a good looking young White woman and a White baby.

You are wrong. Maybe in DC and Maryland. Not in Florida.

PP thinks they are cute, but they actually have a sick mind. The silver lining is that the guy got a real sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

wow. why?

I’m confused why you are confused. Look at him. It’s very clear why he decided to go to trial.

I mean not really - the facts were terrible and a young white mother and baby were killed. He got terrible legal advice somewhere along the way.

Agree.

He didn’t go to trial, he pled guilty. He rejected whatever sentence the DA was offering and chose instead to let the judge decide. Bad choice, judging by the look in his eyes. Or maybe that’s what the DA was offering and he didn’t believe the judge would go as hard as well.

Children are a crap shoot but giving muscle cars to teenagers is never wise. His parents had to sell their home and move into a smaller one to meet their obligations under the civil judgment to the victims’ families. His mother was a high powered insurance executive retires early and father was Mr. Mom. SAHD. Oh well at least now they’ll save on his college tuition.

I have little sympathy. Racing on the highway is bad enough but it takes massive disregard for human life to race at speeds in excess of 100mph on surface streets in a busy city. I read a piece where his friends describe him as a very conscientious kid who was anti abortion and understood the value of human life. Oh really?

We can only hope it happened so fast that beautiful mommy and baby never knew what hit them.

Oh that’s rich. This Tampa Catholic dbag gets points for “understanding the value of human life” because he wants to control women, yet thinks nothing of mowing down a woman and her actual baby in his brand new Mustang two days after graduation. He and his brother wouldn’t talk to the cops at the scene.

And the baby took several days to die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He had a chance to agree to a plea deal like his fellow driver who got 6 years. He decided to go to trial in a state where all prisoners are required to finish a minimum of 85% of their sentence.

wow. why?

Seems like he likes to roll the dice.

I think it is very deserved. He killed two people, including a child.

What difference does it make if he used a gun or a car?

Exactly! If you're old enough to recklessly drag race, carjack, etc and result is killing people, then go to prison for murder.

No, not murder - no mens rea in this situation. It’s vehicular homicide.

The carjacking case in DC is an underlying felony so that death gets categorized as felony murder- also lacks mens rea for murder but the felony murder rule doesn’t require intent.

Call it what you want. It's murder to me.

Sorry but you don’t get to write your own criminal code and you don’t get to disregard hundreds of years of jurisprudence. There is a distinct difference between a taking of a human life with premeditated intent versus as the result of negligence or even reckless endangerment.

[Anonymous]

Good. I’m sure with his attitude he’s going to just love GP. Love seeing another young person learn their actions have consequences.