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Judge Releases 19-Year-Old Charged in Facebook Video Torture of Disabled Chicago Teen
2017-12-10
[BREITBART] The first of four reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
suspects accused of beating and torturing a disabled teenager and broadcasting the attack on Facebook has pleaded guilty, but a judge let her off without prison time, a report says.

Brittany Covington, 19, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in court on Friday, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The suspect also "pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and intimidation charges. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped additional charges, including kidnapping," the Tribune said.

Despite the guilty plea, Cook County Circuit Judge William Hooks released Covington without jail time. Telling Covington, "Do not mess this up," Judge Hooks imposed 200 hours of community service and banned Covington from using social media and having contact with her co-defendants for four years.

The judge did not assign jail time because, he said, "I’m not sure if I did that you’d be coming out any better."

Hooks insisted that his sentence would give Covington the chance to put her life on a productive path.

Posted by:Fred

#4  As part of a plea deal

So that the other bastards will rot?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-12-10 11:32  

#3  It's like they want Lynch Law.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-10 07:15  

#2  The judge did not assign jail time because, he said, "I’m not sure if I did that you’d be coming out any better."

Judges have given up the duty of Justice. They lack the will. I see a new business opportunity opening up.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-12-10 03:07  

#1  Judge William Hooks

Crikey. Might be a regular poster here, almost.
Posted by: Solomon Tingle1145   2017-12-10 02:02  

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