Fla. teen gets life for murdering British tourists

Associated Press ^ | March 28, 2012 | TAMARA LUSH

[Free ThinkerNY]

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida teenager received a life sentence Wednesday after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two young British tourists last April, a case that generated blaring tabloid headlines in the U.K. press.

Shawn Tyson, 17, sat stone-faced as the jury's verdict was read and as two friends of the victims spoke angrily about the crime.

[cpdiii]

Prison doesn’t frighten someone like this

He is definitely of the predator class. However, if he is not the top predator in prison, he should be frightened to the inner core of his soul and body.

[funfan]

Now thats funny!

[EyeGuy]

“However, if he is not the top predator in prison, he should be frightened to the inner core of his soul and body.”

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Even if he is the toughest POS on the planet he needs to worry about his soul.

Someone who can summon infinite power, in the blink of an eye is in charge of that.

[muawiyah]

This guy is in the class of killers the other prisoners will view as a real threat. Eventually he will kill another prisoner, a guard, a visitor ~

[logitech]

In my best Gomer Pyle voice....

CITIZENS ARREST! CITIZENS ARREST!

[Publius6961]

Goes without saying --- another "misunderstood" child.
Probably another A & B student, too.
I hope Al Sharpie and Jessie Jackass rushed to the crime scene to set things right.

If my math is correct, at 16, the poor child couldn't possibly have been guilty.

[mkjessup]

Since he’s under age 18, the State should probably provide him with an initial supply of Vaseline and lip-softener—he’s going to need a lot of both.

Don't kid yourself. Having off'd two tourists (white tourists at that), this random assembly of defective DNA has already proven that he be a bad azz, gots some street cred now, if anything he'll be a celebrity inside those prison walls.

[Publius6961]

During a news conference in front of the courthouse following the verdict, Hallett praised Sarasota police and municipal officials. But he criticized the U.S. government for what he said was its failure to send condolences to the victims' families.

WHAT?!!?

No phone call or news conference from the 'Bammer?

[Paleo Conservative]

I agree. Unfortunately, I understand that the death penalty is not allowed in Florida for those under age 18.

Due to a US Supreme Court decision states aren't allowed to sentence any criminal under the age of 18 who commits a capital crime to death.

[VeniVidiVici]

Interesting excerpt from the story. Sure sounds to me like the Associated Press was trying to excuse the young, black thug for killing the two tourists. And where were the Feds since it was obvious the killer used racial epithets?
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Witnesses testified that Tyson told them he saw two "crackers" - his phrase for white people - walking through the neighborhood and that he intended to rob them. The tourists said they didn't have any money and begged Tyson to let them go home. The men also told Tyson that they were lost.

"Since you ain't got no money, then I have something for your ass," Tyson recounted to a witness, then added that he shot the men several times.

The tourists' bodies were found shirtless on the street and their baggy pants were pulled down to their thighs. Both men still had their wallets and did in fact have money; Cooper also had a cellphone and camera in his pants pocket. Authorities later found that Kouzaris' blood alcohol level was 0.243 and Cooper's was 0.214 - well past Florida's legal limit for intoxication when driving, which is 0.08.

[liberty or death]

Really? The biggest racist ever, to hold this seat(POTUS) will not apologize to anyone who is w!ite. A dirty word “Bro”.

[tet68]

Murder in the first degree, he should hang.
Now our tax dollars will support him the
rest of his life.

Life in prison, guess that’ll teach him...../S

[patriot08]

‘She told the court that Tyson had told her one of the tourists cried for his life as his friend was shot and was then gunned down too.

She said Tyson claimed to have told the victims that since they did not have any money, he had ‘something for your a$$’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121855/Sarasota-murder-Shawn-Tyson-17-GUILTY-killing-2-British-tourists-Florida.html#ixzz1qUoKNLcu

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Disgusting POS. Should have been given the death penalty.