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Originally Posted by Citizen  LOL, You know nothing about this case except hearsay. HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN UP TO 22 YEARS IF HE WERE CHARGED AS AN ADULT! Read the news and not the blogs. SHALL I POST THE FACTS FOR YOU AGAIN! Yeesh. I cannot believe that you are so blind.
If you read the articles concerning the incident you will see that the black kids were taunted by the white kid and that resulted in the beating.
It does matter who kicked him in the head if you are going to charge Bell as and adult and not the other 5 students.
Bell's charge was excessive. Any smart person knows that. Like the judges on the curcuit court.
He has not commit three assults. Read the article posted. Those other cases were settle. One was a breaking and entering in which no charges were given. If you don't know the facts, then you have no right to an opinion. |
Being on probation means that you can't get into trouble again and you have to follow certain rules mandated by the court, or you have to serve the time in jail already given by a judge during your original sentencing. Bell was on probation. This is why he is in jail. These other convictions can be used against him, especially now that his case is in juvenile court.
The judges in the circuit court DID NOT rule that the charges were excessive. Their ruling was that Bell could not be TRIED as an adult for those charges. He is now being charged as a juvenile for the same charges. Also, the other 4 boys who have yet to be tried are all being tried as adults, because, unlike Bell who was 16 when the attack happened, the others were 17. Therefore, in LA, they can be charged as adults for these charges. The last student was 14 and has already been to court. Those proceedings and their results are closed because he is a juvenile.
Oh, by the way, yes, absolutely I think a student who brings a gun to school and starts shooting people deserves to be tried as an adult. He/she believes that they are adult enough to purposely shoot/kill another person, then he/she should have to face adult punishments. The law says they can't be executed, but they should face any other possible punishments an adult would face. Any reasonable person should be able to see that teenagers do know right from wrong, and even younger children know that killing others is wrong. I have little sympathy for teenagers who go on killing sprees in their high school, then claim it was due to other people teasing them or picking on them.
I think you need to start reading up more on this case and not accepting OPINION PIECES as your "news sources". I know you don't find Wikipedia "trustworthy", but at the very least you could scan through the 113 references at the bottom and pick out some actual news stories to read. There are plenty of opinion pieces there too. (PS Opinion pieces aren't blogs, they are published opinions from people who work for different news agencies.)