Posted on 09/12/2013 9:31:18 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia teen convicted of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison with no chance of parole after the grieving mother asked a judge to punish the gunman for taking "the love of my life."
De'Marquise Elkins, 18, stood silent and showed no emotion as he was sentenced in a courtroom less than two weeks after a jury found him guilty of murder in the slaying of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago during a robbery attempt.
"His first word was never heard. His first sentence was never said," Sherry West, the baby's mother, said through tears on the witness stand as she read a statement made to rhyme like a poem or a nursery rhyme. "He never got to sleep in a toddler bed."
The baby was in his stroller and out for a walk with his mother when he was shot between the eyes March 21 in the Georgia coastal city of Brunswick. West, and a younger teenager charged as an accomplice, both testified at trial that Elkins killed the baby after his mother refused to give up her purse.
The killing drew national attention and Elkins' trial was moved more than 300 miles away to the Atlanta suburbs because of pretrial publicity.
Elkins was spared the death penalty because the killing occurred when he was 17, which the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled is too young to face capital punishment. Under Georgia law, the only possible punishments for Elkins were life with or without a chance of parole.
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Freepers amuse me with their naivete.....its not your fault though but you should suspect narratives
This murderer will flourish in prison....high fives from his bloods for killing a future white racist up front
Prison is home for people like him
The only danger a black man has is if acquires too many goodies and his fellow blacks decide they covet his stuff
And BTW....hillbillies are the least likely homosexuals in the US
I bet there are 100 times as many queers in Sudbury Mass as in Sparta TN
And....homosexual rape in prison is almost exclusively the domain of black men over weak young white men
Homosexuality is a capital offense for members of any Mexican gang or Aryan brotherhood
Only black gangs tolerate it
The rest is voluntary....sissies being around.... and willing
Nix...Shawshank and American history X
Not the reality of prison rape in general
Life without parole works. I’d have rather seen a sentence of “thrown into a pit of hungry wild dogs”, but since that’s not on the books, LwoP will have to do.
“Wonder how he will do in prison.”....
I would guess that he is not going to enjoy his brief stay. Cons do not take kindly to baby killers and such. My prediction, he will not live long enough to serve his “life” sentence.
Yep, he will.
Because he shot two white people.
Need I say anything!!!
Yes, there is. I have two kids and both graduated from the crib to a toddler bed. It’s about 4’ long and 2’ wide, and looks like a miniature bed. It has guardrails and is only about 8” off the ground to minimize a fall. The only disadvantage is that they’re easier to escape than the crib.
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