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another Gay murder

Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Tuesday, November 22 2011, 18:58:12 (UTC)
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...our society is responsible too. How can you really protect people from their own folly?

California teen admits killing gay student, to serve 25 years
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 10:25 PM EST, Mon November 21, 2011
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney who is accused of killing a gay classmate.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney who is accused of killing a gay classmate.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

NEW: "I understand why" the plea deal was reached, the victim's father says
Brandon McInerney, now 17, agrees to plead guilty for killing a junior high classmate
The sentence includes 11 years for manslaughter, 10 for using firearm
The jury couldn't decide earlier this year whether to convict him of murder or manslaughter

(CNN) -- Months after a jury couldn't decide his fate, a Southern California teen has agreed to plead guilty for gunning down a gay classmate three years ago in their junior high classroom.

In September, a judge declared a mistrial in the case of Brandon McInerney, now 17, after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked following a nine-week trial on whether he should be found guilty of manslaughter or murder. The next month, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced that McInerney would be retried on first-degree murder charges as an adult. McInerney also was tried as an adult in the first trial.

The district attorney's office said Monday that, since then, it had "carefully reviewed the jury's determination" and talked with some jurors. It also engaged in talks with the victim's family, McInerney and his attorneys after which the relevant parties "agreed upon a disposition that balances the unique facts of the case with the need to protect the public."

Specifically, McInerney pleaded guilty to killing Lawrence King "under the penal code sections for both murder and voluntary manslaughter," as well as to using a firearm in that crime. He will serve 11 years for manslaughter and 10 years for the use of a firearm, according to the district attorney's office. His formal sentencing is set for December 19.

"He will serve the entire 21 years without time off for good behavior and will not receive time off his sentence for the three years and nine months he has spent in juvenile hall before sentencing," the prosecutor's office said, concluding that he'd then serve nearly 25 years total.

...who taught the kid to hate? Christians want to say their religion had no part in creating Hitlers...our society wants to say it did nothing to teach hatred of Gays.

At 18 this kid could have joined the military and killed innocent Iraqis, which would have made him a hero and gotten him a job back home...what's the difference?

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