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That, and he probably had a (free) white public defender.
Posted on 04/06/2018 12:41:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
An Alabama teen who had turned down a 25-year sentence in a plea deal laughed and smiled in court on Thursday as he was sentenced to 65 years in prison for felony murder and other charges.
The judge even overheard Lakeith Smith saying "I don’t have time for this" as he was waiting for his case to be called, according to WECT.
"You got plenty of time for this," Judge Sibley Reynolds told Smith as he sentenced him to consecutive terms in an Elmore County courtroom. "When I called the case earlier you said you ain’t got time for this, so I didn’t know if you had time for this now?"
At that point Smith laughed, according to the station, and said he did not know the judge had heard him.
"You just don't get it do you?" Reynolds said, according to WECT. "He hasn't said I'm sorry yet. He hasn't acknowledged to this court that he shouldn't have done, shouldn't have come around, in fact, his attitude toward this court and life, in general, has been sour."
Smith was one of four suspects charged in the death of accomplice A'Donte Washington, who was fatally shot by police. All four were charged with felony murder in connection to the state's accomplice liability law, according to WECT.
The five suspects had broken into two homes in Millbrook in February of 2015, according to the Montgomery Advertiser, when they were confronted and chased by police. Washington, who was 16, had pointed his gun at an officer when he was shot, according to the Advertiser.
The 19-year-old Smith was the only one not to plead guilty, turning down an offer of 25 years.
"I don't think Mr. Smith will be smiling long when he gets to prison," chief assistant district attorney C.J. Robinson told the Advertiser. "We are very pleased with this sentence. Because the sentences are consecutive, it will be a long time before he comes up for even the possibility for parole, at least 20 to 25 years."
Smith was given 30 years for felony murder, 15 years for burglary, and two 10-year terms for theft, according to the newspaper.
His grandfather asked the judge to show some leniency. "Give him a chance to tell you he's sorry," he said to the judge, according to WECT.
"He’s had every opportunity," the judge responded. "I've asked two or three times today."
"Are you sorry?” the grandfather asked Smith, according to the station. The teen said he was sorry for what he did and for his "homeboy," a reference to Washington, according to the station.
He’ll be out in 10. The white judge was a racist.
Part of the agreement for us all to respect and obey the law is that the justice will work well enough to discourage us from organizing a lynch party.
If a party to the murder of your loved one is walking free on the street, you're going to do something about it, so, the legal system found a way to handle the problem and keep us law abiding.
Should have just shot them all.
I’d send them a box of ammo.
That’s common core math at work
Question: Lakeith might do 65 years in the pen. Some old white judge offers a plea deal for 25 years. How f***ed up is Lakeith’s sheeatt?
On Topic: The Teen was still performing in front of his fellow hoods. Still pretending that nothing this court can do would ever effect him. That won’t last very long once he is separated from his gang and reality kicks in.
Off Topic: I was surprised that the local news station featured a rather overweight young lady; Valorie Lawson.
Nothing wrong with it, just that some stations seem to have stricter standards about the corporate look they want to maintain.
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That, and he probably had a (free) white public defender.
Remember "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime"?
Let him run free to wantonly commit crimes the next 10 years, and the direct cost of those crimes will greatly exceed $2 million. And that doesn’t include the incalculable anguish experienced by victims.
$2 million is cheap to get vermin like this off the streets.
A. I think it is fair. The whole idea of the law is to be a deterrent to crime.
B. I think the unstated real problem is that he has been in trouble with the law before and got off easy. He thought the same thing would happen this time and it didn't. Sucks to be him.
C. He will probably die long before the 65 year sentence is completed.
B bye
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Is sixty five more than twenty five?
Depends which end of thee sentence you are examining.
Maybe we can airdrop him into Venezuela
Siddy fie mo den twinny fie.
What difference does it make? The next Obama will come along and pardon him. Of course that’s if he isn’t out on parole first for good behavior (killing less than one other inmate a year for five years).
I'm Charlie Manson, and I approved this message.
I was questioning the law being fair. He got exactly what he asked for. I agree with all your saying.
After reading the article, I see your point exactly.
I do not like that law at all. 65 years for a cop killing his buddy? It’s just plain wrong.
I agree. It’s more justifiable when one of the accomplices commits a murder (although I would think the more appropriate charge would be accessory to murder), but in this case it was one of his accomplices getting shot by the police. Unless they charge the police with murder, how can they pin it on him?
You comment causes me to think of the Beverly Hillbillies series I’ve been binge-watching.
Sharon Tate - Manson victim - played a frequent role on that show.
“65 years at roughly $30,000 / year = $1,950,000”
Yes, admittedly it’s expensive to house feral criminals, but when you put that number up against the distinct possibility that this Black “teenager,” if allowed to be free before he age where he needs a walker, would seriously injure or kill an innocent citizen makes it cheap.
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