Posted on 05/29/2019 6:59:22 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A 15-year-old charged in a Gentilly carjacking last November that killed local pastor Jeannot Plessy pleaded guilty Wednesday (May 29) to obstruction of justice and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in juvenile court. A manslaughter charge was dismissed.
The teen was sentenced to two years in juvenile prison, and Juvenile Judge Candice Bates-Anderson suspended all but six months of that sentence. He must serve those six months in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Justice, according to District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office.
Additionally, the judge ordered that the juvenile be on supervised parole for 18 months, perform 50 hours of community service and obtain a high school diploma. Plessy’s family approved of the plea deal, Cannizzaro’s office said.
Plessy, 49, was killed when she was pulled from her car and thrown to the ground in a Nov. 27, 2018, carjacking in the 2400 block of Prentiss Avenue. Police said her son-in-law tried to stop the carjacking, but the suspect put the car in reverse and ran over both of them.
Plessy died at the hospital. Her son-in-law survived his injuries.
Jontrell Robinson, 17, and Edwin Cottrell, 19, also are charged in the fatal carjacking. They are awaiting trial in Criminal District Court on second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and other charges. Court records show their next hearing is scheduled for July.
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Black perp, white victim. Anyone want to make book on the judge and prosecutor?
Clap. Now.
Black on white crime is forgiven
These perps know for a fact now that our society is a bunch of cringing virtue signalers with no respect at all for human life.
Time we sent these scumbags (Liberal judges included) a message.
“The day he is released from Jail should be the last day he takes a breath.”
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“Honest, Your Honor. It can’t be premeditated murder. I did not know that young man was being released from prison that day. And, it was just chance that I happened to be driving by the prison then. Honest, I did not mean to hit him. He came out of nowhere, stepped right in front of my car. There was no time to react...it was over so fast. Yes, I was driving fast, but I have a lead-foot problem...always have. And yes, I did back up...but only to see what that “bump” noise was. How was I to know he was on the ground behind my car when I ran over him again. It was all just a horrible accident. I would never intentionally harm another human being.”
“Plessy’s family approved of the plea deal...”
Wanna bet the Plessy family voted for Obama & Hillary?
I am glad that the pastor came back to life so the charge could be dropped. Or are Christian pastors not legally considered to be worth more than stray dogs now?
I guess it was a plea. Sigh. I can understand not wanting to ruin a kid’s entire life for a stupid mistake. Playing with matches and accidentally setting something afire and causing injury or death.
Most normal kids would suffer their entire lives knowing they did that.
But to intentionally hijack a car by throwing the driver to the ground outside the door...that isn’t a stupid kid mistake. That is a criminal action.
I am having trouble wrapping my mind around this.
Someone who did that and “got off” or almost off will do it or something equivalent again. And again. When there is no perceived consequences the >i>first time</i> then it will be burned into his brain that there are no consequences and getting such a wee sentence is, to someone who knows that what he did is a big deal in the real world, an understanding that he got away with it. If he was on meth or crack when he did it then it is certain that he will do it again.
The power of forgiveness is a powerful thing, that I know from very personal experience on a very personal matter.
I don’t know anything about the kid. Maybe he was so genuinely and abjectly contrite (and not genuinely and abjectly sorry that he got caught, as is usually the case) that the family did forgive him.
I suppose it is possible.
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