Posted on 06/16/2012 7:52:54 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Carl Ericsson was sentenced to life in prison under the “guilty but sane” conviction he received for the murder of his high school classmate Norman Johnson.
Ericsson only stated that a 1950s locker room incident featuring a jockstrap being pulled over his head has festered for more than 50 years, leading to the murder of Johnson in Madison, South Dakota, according to The Huffington Post. Ericsson’s lawyer, Kenneth Mayer, stated:
“He said that a jockstrap was put on his head. It’s the only thing he’s ever mentioned in talking to law enforcement.”
The 73-year-old man pleaded not guilty in the shooting of his former classmate, but a deal was reached before the case went to trial. A first degree murder charge in South Dakota can carry a death penalty sentence, according to AJC. Ericsson only stated that:
“I guess it was from something that happened over 50 years ago. It was apparently in my subconscious.”
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Please read post #30. Apparently, I am not alone in my thinking.
And....The cruelty dished out by and alpha girl can leave a child scarred for life.
And....Adults wonder why there is a generation gap, or that teens often have that spaced out and 20 degree off-centered stare, and answer in mumbles when spoken to? These kids are **ABANDONED** by the very people who should be be protecting them and rescuing them from this abuse.
I, too, saw similar instances of abuse that you described in your post. While, I was not a victim of abuse or teasing, I always knew that, at any moment, the maddening crowd could turn on me. Teasing, bullying, and alpha girl shredding not only harms the victim but every child in the class and school who is a witness to it.
On some level these kids **KNOW** that their parents **KNOW** that school is a hell-hole of a prison and that their teachers **KNOW** this is true as well. Why are we surprised then that many teens then reject their parents advice, turn inward, and look to their clique of friends ( their protection gang) for support?
Yeah, keep rationalizing the free babysitting. /spit
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NO NO NO studies have ever been done that **prove** government schools teach anything of academic value at all!!!!
It is completely UNKNOWN whether 100% of what is learned is happening IN THE HOME due to the massive AFTERSCHOOLING and PRESCHOOLING efforts of the parents; the child himself doing homework, projects, and independent reading and study; or private tutoring ( paid or unpaid) as compared to what is learned in the classroom.
Yes! I am shouting an jumping up and down!
Look at this video! We spend MORE on government schooling that parents pay in the HIGHEST PRICED and MOST EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS and no one knows if government schools actually teach anything of academic value AT ALL!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqskuKqJ6DQ
One thing is for certain, though. In any government owned and run K-12 school they WILL WILL WILL learn to think and reason GODLESSLY ! They **MUST** just to cooperate in the godless classroom. How could it be otherwise? How can that be religiously neutral or in conformity with the First Amendment???? Huh?
Spit? You bet!/ SPIT!
I was thinking of that exact scene!
And since I told you to try and condense your palaver into one you decide to expand to three. You would thnk that a person that claimed to be a doctor would be capable of understanding simple English.
That’s impressive grudge holding!!!!! Gold star.
I hardly remember my schoolmates and school wasn’t 50 years ago for me. (This is why I fully believe Glove Romney when he says he doesn’t remember cutting that guy’s hair)
But then again no one ever pulled a jockstrap over my head.
I remember in 7th or 8th grade this punk gave me a nose bleed and got some kind of sticky gunk on my arm (I remember it being “latex” no clue what it was used for, probably for art class or something) I think his name was Rodolfo. I was embarrassed cause he was a couple years younger than me but it’s meaningless to me now, I haven’t thought of it in years till I was thinking back because of this story.
Small town thing? Everyone knows everyone.
I’ll tell you an old grudge I do hold, in Kingergarten there was a cake and the teacher only gave me a sliver cause I was skinny. I could have eaten that whole damn cake you crone! ;D
My kindergarten teacher died of cancer a few years later. Maybe Rodolfo was killed in gang action, I remember little of him but I’m thinking thug.
Jimmi Simpson is good.
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