Sorry gals/guys, a little OT [head's up applied] here but I gotta ask/say:
Zuri, if you don't mind me asking, where did this happen in Pa? I'm intrigued now because I too live in [Western] Pa (have most all my 32 years).
On another note, I want to say so sorry (to you Zuri) and my deepest sympathies go out to you in regards to what terrible thing happened to your brother... Great outcome though with what happened to his murderers & the punishment that they got (in the context of things & the situation that you had to deal with). It's so sad & nothing frustrates me more when someone takes another's life -in cold blood- & all that/those murderer(s) punishment(s) ends up being (for committing one -if not THE- WORST of all sins &/or things that one human being can do to another) is all too often a measely 10, 15, 20 years. Any punishment shorter than at least a mandatory 50 years -for killing in cold blood- is not a punishment IMO & is laughable really.
Thank god one of the great things about (the system in) Pa is that Pa usually doesn't play around when it comes to murder (unlike other states, specifically Florida [Pinellas County]). Last time I checked, Pa has the most child killers (juveniles who DO the murdering so what I'm saying here is not misconstrued) who have been tried &/or tried and convicted as an ADULT than any other state (by far). <-- Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it goes to support why I say that when it comes to murder, Pa doesn't play around/take it as a joke.