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| 14-year-old carjacker/murderer sentenced to detention |
| 2021-07-08 |
| [HotAir] Ever since the murder of Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar by two underage girls, questions have remained over how they should be punished. At one point, the possibility was raised that they might get off with little more than a slap on the wrist due to their age and various “sentencing reform” efforts intended to keep juveniles out of jail. The final result wasn’t quite as bad as it might have been, however, and now plea deals have been reached with both girls and sentences have been imposed. The younger of the two, who is now 14, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will be held in juvenile detention until she turns 21. (The Hill) While I suppose this is better than just cutting them loose, it still seems a bit generous, doesn’t it? The younger girl had all additional charges for carjacking, robbery, and aggravated assault dropped. The older girl, who pleaded guilty to felony murder, similarly had all of her other charges dropped and will also be kept in detention until she turns 21. What happens after that? Looking over the applicable laws for D.C. when dealing with juvenile offenders, it would appear that they will simply be released with their records being sealed, though there may be some parole involved. Is that really “justice” in this case? What happened to Mohammad Anwar, a legal immigrant who was just trying to earn a living through the gig economy, was something straight out of a horror movie. We can talk about rehabilitation versus incarceration until we’re blue in the face, but it’s a heavy lift to claim that we’re just talking about “two children” here. Those girls didn’t just decide to drop their chalk and walk away from their hopscotch game one day and go after Anwar. They showed up with a taser and were prepared to execute a clinical carjacking. They had clearly already fallen under the influence of a gang. Their names and records are unavailable, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that this was far from the first violent crime they had engaged in. And what’s going to happen when they are released? They will have few prospects for jobs with this hanging over their heads, but they will probably have achieved hero status among their peers. If they return to their old ways, the only difference will be that they will wind up in adult court after the next time they try to carjack someone. Related: Mohammad Anwar: 2021-04-10 The Wall Between Civilization And Our Innate Savagery Is Weakening Mohammad Anwar: 2021-04-06 Teens accused in fatal carjacking of Uber Eats driver to reportedly get cushy plea deal Mohammad Anwar: 2021-03-31 NDS: 'Taliban Leaders Summoned to Peshawar for War Planning' |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 This is DC, JQC. Either system wouldn't really change the punishment. Records for the Adult System wouldn't be 'sealed', though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-07-08 12:58 |
| #2 She could have been remanded over to the adult justice system. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-07-08 11:44 |
| #1 You should be adjudged based upon the crime, not as in adjectival descriptive, who you are. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-07-08 07:01 |