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2008-04-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Reality comes home to roost: Suspects in video beating could get life in prison
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Posted by gorb 2008-04-11 03:10|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 life in prison? Please. Give me a F**** break. Yeah, that's a GREAT idea. How about we punish them accordingly and move on. Who comes up with this crap?!
Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-11 07:50||   2008-04-11 07:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I seriously doubt the 'children' (most of whom are 17-18) will face 'life' or any time at all. That's just the 'journalist' trying to sensationalize the story.

I expect they will get a slap on the wrist, a few hours of community service, and a 'Don't do that again!' lecture before they go to the beach for spring break.

I think they should do some time - and get a permanent 'Felony Conviction' stamped on their record. If the victim has to live with permanent hearing loss then at least they should have to live with having to tick off and explain that 'Have you ever been convicted of a Felony?' question on their job application.
Posted by CrazyFool 2008-04-11 08:35||   2008-04-11 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the girls' own attitudes have brought this backlash on. The sheriff commented that they were all in the holding cell laughing and cajoling and generally making it known that they knew the authorities wouldn't really do anything to them for the attack.
That kind of behavior causes a backlash, which is what they are getting. And they won't get life, they'll bargain it down, BUT I BET THEY AREN'T LAUGHING ANYMORE.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-11 08:55||   2008-04-11 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 They won't (and probably shouldn't) get life in prison. They have really screwed up their potential of ever getting most good jobs though. And they may put their parents into bancruptcy once the lawsuits play out.
Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-11 09:08||   2008-04-11 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Obviously, these have feral. The system won't cure that, but I know some good Drill Sergeants who'd give it try as long as the limp wristed bleeding hearts don't interfere.
Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-11 09:10||   2008-04-11 09:10|| Front Page Top

#6 MAYBE not life -- but at least 15 to 20 years. And they should SERVE IT ALL. These animals have no place in civilized society. Many people like to pretend that teenagers are incapable of rational thought... and maybe these teenagers are incapable -- but there are millions of responsible young people in this country, and they shouldn't have to share the streets with this kind of vicious scum.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-04-11 10:59||   2008-04-11 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Cheerleaders and prison. There's a movie script in there somewhere.
Posted by ed 2008-04-11 11:18||   2008-04-11 11:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Woodrow, these young women committed aggrevated assault. That's a vicious, violent attack. They deserve a very careful scrutiny after conviction and, in the absence of some obvious mitigating factor, deserve the maximum or near-maximum sentence Florida law provides.

Violence crosses a line. I can have sympathy for some non-violent offenders depending on life situation and circumstance. But the instant a person commits a violent, criminal act my sympathy meters pegs at zero.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2008-04-11 12:59||   2008-04-11 12:59|| Front Page Top

#9 5 years of hard labor. Hell, there's a fence to build down south. Fences need post holes. In 5 years, all the holes should be dug, heh heh.
Posted by wxjames 2008-04-11 13:25||   2008-04-11 13:25|| Front Page Top

#10 "Our kids are being peer pressured, in another sense of a trend, to put these shock videos out there at other peoples' expense, said Talisa Lindsay, the victim's mother."

Peer Pressure? Let me blunt…Fuck that! It’s pathetic when even the girls’ mother sees a “victim hood” in the narcissistic behavior from the feral youth that beat her daughter. Western culture must begin to eliminate the concept of “adolescence”. It had merits in an era that sought to move away from child labor. However, the “age of adolescence” now only serves as the postponement of adulthood.
Posted by DepotGuy 2008-04-11 13:34||   2008-04-11 13:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Would footage of their laughing in their cell be admissible if there was such footage?
Posted by rjschwarz 2008-04-11 17:42||   2008-04-11 17:42|| Front Page Top

#12 Would that the schools actually teach common morals these days.
Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-11 19:12||   2008-04-11 19:12|| Front Page Top

#13 OS, common morals are soooo old fashioned. And besides, how are you going to choose which morals to teach? I mean, if you base them on the ten commandments, then you are favoring one (or 2 or more) religions, which violates the first amendment. And if you use ethics from anywhere else, well, they probably originally came from some dead white guy, so they can be ignored. I mean, the only real moral should be "if it feels good, do it. If somebody disses you, put them in their place."
/sarcasm
Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California  2008-04-11 20:08||   2008-04-11 20:08|| Front Page Top

#14 I'm with Steve. Woodrow must not have children. I can't imagine what I'd be like if this were one of my kids. If these punks are going to be charged as adults, their names and mug shots should be released. Ironically, it may be the tampering with a witness that puts the judge over the edge.

What these kids should get is a webcam in their cells 24/7. They get the noteriety they wanted and all the other kids in America understand what happens when you do this to others.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-11 20:35||   2008-04-11 20:35|| Front Page Top

#15 If I'd been involved in crap like this, I would hope they'd put me in jail.

It would be easier than what my mother would have done to me.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2008-04-11 20:38|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2008-04-11 20:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Amen, Barbara...and my mom is a red-head!

Suddenly, break rocks in the hot summer sun in stripes seems like vacation to what my mom would've done.
Posted by BA 2008-04-11 20:55||   2008-04-11 20:55|| Front Page Top

#17 Woodrow, if you think this sort of thing deserves some sort of slap on the wrist, best you stay outta Flo'dah. Youse gots to be from a nort' Miami crew to get away with this sort of stuff.
Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek  2008-04-11 21:59||   2008-04-11 21:59|| Front Page Top

#18 Like Barbara, my Father was allot worser to face than the PO0OoLice!
Posted by RD">RD  2008-04-11 22:18||   2008-04-11 22:18|| Front Page Top

#19 I'd be Ok with a couple days' "Golden Rule" lessons. Grab each of these assholes and bet the shit outta them while digitaping for internet usage.
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-04-11 22:33||   2008-04-11 22:33|| Front Page Top

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