this plea deal is horrible. what was the DA thinking? If I was the murdered young man's mother i would be livid too.
PW can you please give us a little insight into how this happens? Seriously how can a judge let this happen and be okay with it? It’s crazy to me that 10 months is all they received. What are they going to learn from that? Moo
I certainly am not an expert in juvenile law (I've avoided it for the most part) and procedures vary greatly from state to state. But, within the confines of the statutes, it is up to the prosecutor whether they are prosecuted as adults or juveniles. And once it is in juvenile, punishment options are limited. The Judge could have rejected this odd plea agreement, but the DA would likely have just dismissed. I very early on suspected something like this would happen based upon what I knew of the DA. For 17 year old to be prosecuted as juveniles for a violent assault resulting in a death is rather unusual, but here we are.
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Certainly many of us are livid. SMH.
Well, we may see one or more of them again in the courts for something else...
This or who do the killers know? This is a miscarriage of justice.
My first thought was that they were athletes, or siblings of them, but I haven't seen any evidence of that.
It is a case where there is a very progressive District Attorney in Las Vegas. When this happened and the DA gave a press conference about being very aggressive and justice etc, I said to keep an eye on this because it would go awry. And sure enough, the DA just let things die down a bit and then gave sweetheart deals without even consulting the victim's family. I don't know why communities continue to elect/re-elect these prosecutors.
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I wish the parents well in their separate suits against the district. Justice was not served in this case and no amount of money will ease their pain, but I don't think it's about the money for them. I think they just want to feel that someone has been held accountable. JMO
