Posted on 11/28/2023 3:53:17 PM PST by grundle
NEW ORLEANS (TND) — A New Orleans teenager was reportedly convicted of second-degree murder Monday for killing a 73-year-old woman in a gruesome carjacking.
John Honore, 18, faces a mandatory lifetime prison term for his role in Linda Frickey's March 2022 death, according to WVUE. Honore's accomplices –- 17-year-old Briniyah Baker and 16-year-old Lenyra Theophile and Mar’Qel Curtis -- reportedly received 20-year prison terms after pleading guilty to attempted manslaughter last week.
The foursome approached Frickey's car last year before Honore pepper-sprayed the grandmother, according to WVUE. Honore reportedly pulled Frickey partially out of the car before stomping her head and punching her. Frickey's arm then remained stuck in a seatbelt while the teenager drove more than 700 feet, dragging the woman's body.
A utility pole cable severed Frickey's arm, according to nola.com. She also sufferred a torn aorta, fractured collarbone, ribs and vertebrae and a torn aorta.
"This was one of the most violent carjackings we’ve ever seen," Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams noted. "These young people dragged Mrs. Frickey, severing her arm as they all fled the scene in her car."
Williams claimed juvenile sentencing limits would be "inadequate" for the teenagers, who were under 18 at the time of the crime. "Four of five years is just not enough," he stated, according to WVUE.
"Nothing about today is about taking responsibility," the prosecution said. "It’s too little too late. [The defense] is going to get up here and ask you to not take away his life - give him another chance at life. We’re going to ask that you hold him accountable for what he did. We’re going to ask you to follow the law and that the ‘second chance’ is a decision that the parole board makes in 25 years.”
Defense attorney William Boggs reportedly urged the jury to consider Honore's youth and immaturity. He argued the teenager's upbringing, along with socio-economic conditions and a lack of opportunities, factored into his crime.
"You condemn a sin, and not the sinner," Boggs said, according to WVUE. "There’s a permanent stay-away order with his father."
Boggs reportedly pointed to the actions of Honore's dad, stating, "There you are with your teenage son wearing a pornographic shirt, flipping off the camera with your son flashing gang signs. If you need to know where this came from, you can look at the sins of a father.”
Kathy Richard, Frickey's sister-in-law, struggled to comprehend Honore's actions.
"I never ever would want to wish that on another human being,” she stated, according to WVUE. “Just open the door. He tried to kick her out but it didn’t work. How could you kick her? It’s just beyond comprehension. It’s evil. And you don’t just go from being in school to just taking a walk, to killing somebody. It was murder. Downright murder.”
Honore reportedly wrote a letter to Frickey's family expressing regret. The teenager claimed "no person's family should have to go through that type of hurt," and he made the "biggest mistake of my life that day," according to WVUE.
"I want you to know that I'm aware of how serious this is ... and I think I am doing the right think," Honore wrote.
Just another day in the Chocolate City.
I stay clear of the ghetto swamp state to prevent losing an arm and a leg
There are MANY MILLIONS of White people who are against the Death Penalty, including, no doubt, many here.
Read about this and get back to us as to why this guy should be allowed to live and possibly be sent back into society if a single ‘judge’ decides so.
Thefts of cars go down with burglar protection systems....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Ug4I89c98
But in a carjacking you have to roll out first——fast.
God bless you.
We need the official, legally sanctioned death penalty in every state-—and not merely set on the shelf and unused.
God allows free will.
Tragically many use it for unspeakable evil.
Death penalty. No appeal. No second chance. And soon.
Just one public hanging a year, chosen from the most gruesome of crimes which no one would ever justify - would probably drop the violent crime rate by 50% overnight.
Washington DC is up to 900 car-jackings through only 10 months this year.
“She also sufferred a torn aorta, fractured collarbone, ribs and vertebrae and a torn aorta.”
I wonder if her aorta was damaged.
Oh, I don’t know if he’ll get the DP or not. But if he ends up at Angola, he’ll wish he had.
God bless Louisiana.
There's at least a dozen states where he'd be looking at a few years max, if not a juvenile diversion program.
I knew it. Son of Obama.
Justice is served by giving this 18 year old life in prison and twenty years to his teen accomplices. The heinesesses of this crime deserves no less than life, but a death sentence would be very appropriate in this case.
It’s worth a shot!
18 year-old “teenager.”
More ambassadors from the culture of made-up names.
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