Florida teens that killed homeless man won't get death penalty

[terry78]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070105/ap_on_re_us/homeless_beatings

 

[The Squirrel]

That sucks.

They should be beating with baseball bats if found guilty.

 

[Majik1387]

wait until they're 18 then kill them.

 

[Spade]

William Ammons and Brian Hooks, both 19, would have been eligible for the ultimate penalty, but the third defendant was only 17 at the time, so prosecutors chose not to seek the death penalty against any of them.

"As a matter of proportion, it would have been improper for the death penalty to be sought," said Brian Cavanagh, the assistant state attorney prosecuting the case.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that people convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18 cannot face execution.

Hooks' and Ammons' lawyers said the prosecutors' decision not to seek the death penalty was proper.

"It takes courage. They didn't just do something that would have been politically expedient," said attorney Sam Halpern, who represents Ammons. "He's been living under the shadow of a possible death sentence for about a year."

Umm...what the heck are these lawyers smoking? "It takes courage"? No it doesn't. The prosecution clearly avoided it because of the questionable age of the latter teen being that he was under the age of elegibility for the death penalty proceedings. There was nothing morally fibrous about it. These morons killed a man and attempted to kill two others, with one incident being captured on tape, and are pleading not guilty to the entire affair. The only thing staving the prosecution was the highlighted law passed in 2005.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I say "Burn 'em! They're witches!"

 

[ScottyBBadd]

wait until they're 18 then kill them.

Agreed. Might be what Florida might do.

 

[Majik1387]

Good, I'm sick of dealing with dumbass Floridians.

 

[unstoppable]

what's with the hobo abuse lately
they're ppl to

 

[Apollo]

take all their money and through them on iraqi street cornor

 

[lordofthenerds]

I'll tell you what led them into doing it, Bum Fights.

 

[Majik1387]

I'll tell you what led them into doing it, Bum Fights.

Because you know, minors have no mind of their own or know exactly what they're doing.

 

[Katsuro]

Let 'em rot in prison. Death sentence is the easy way out.

 

[Fanticon]

I think prison will be rough enough for them. sucks for them.

 

[muertevilla]

yeah after a few years in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison and they'll wish they got the death penalty...fresh meat....i can hear the inmates chanting now "FISH! FISH! FISH! FISH!"

 

[Ebil Gig]

Was this the same teens with that 1 guy who said prison was too hard and he wanted to get out?

Anyway, I guess life in prison is an okay punishment for them as long as their cellmates smacks them with baseball bats.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

There are teens in Florida?

 

[Majik1387]

There are teens in Florida?

Not by choice.

 

[Fanticon]

yeah after a few years in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison and they'll wish they got the death penalty...fresh meat....i can hear the inmates chanting now "FISH! FISH! FISH! FISH!"

people have a misconception about federal and state prisons...i'm not saying going to one prison is better than the other...but even county jails can be just as rough.

 

[Spade]

There are teens in Florida?

I think that's the court-ordered punishment for having killed this man. Personally, I would think they'd be jumping at the death penalty.

 

[El ASESINO]

take all their money and through them on iraqi street cornor

Not a bad idea

 

[heypapajinx]

yeah after a few years in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison and they'll wish they got the death penalty...fresh meat....i can hear the inmates chanting now "FISH! FISH! FISH! FISH!"

seriously!
i know, i know. we all know that one homless guy that we ourselves wouldn't mind taking a lead pipe to now and again, but the 17/19 year olds constant anal invasion is like 1,000,000,000% for sure gonna make them regret it moreso than death EVER could.
especailly once they see that thing they say about black men is true.

 

[BatMatt]

good news for Pat Bateman