Las Vegas teens accused in beating death of classmate Jonathan Lewis, 17, claim self-defense at hearing

https://nypost.com/ ^ | Dec. 15, 2023 | Allie Griffin

[Jonty30]

The Las Vegas teenagers accused of beating 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis to death in an alley near their high school claimed self-defense, saying at a court hearing Thursday that the boy threw the first punch. Four of the nine teens charged with Lewis’ murder appeared before Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Nadia Woods but did not receive bail as expected, with Woods instead saying she’d issue a written order on bond for each defendant next week, local CBS affiliate station KLAS reported. The four teens — Damien Hernandez, 17, Gianni Robinson, 17, Dontral Beaver, 16, and Treavion Randolph, 16 — appeared in handcuffs and are being tried as adults for second-degree murder after they allegedly beat and stomped on Lewis’ head Nov. 1 outside Rancho High School. Lewis died of his injuries a week later. Their defense attorneys argued that the teens should not all receive the blanket $250,000 bond per defendant that the state had requested because some were more involved in the beating of Lewis than others and the dollar figure should reflect that, according to the local station.

[Jonty30]

Self defense, you say?

[simpson96]

Looks like they’re preparing for a jury trial with this nonsense, to create ‘reasonable doubt’.

[PGR88]

Four of the nine teens charged with Lewis’ murder appeared before Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Nadia Woods

Nine against one, and they are claiming self-defense.

Sure, its possible. Haven't you ever seen a Bruce Lee movie?

[eyeamok]

Self defense? 9 against 1 sounds like survival. HANG THEM TODAY

[Jonty30]

I tend to agree with that. They are going for a hail Mary because the evidence speaks too well against them. If they went before a judge, they’d be looking at years. Their only hope is a sympathetic jury.