doesn't sound like double jeopardy to me.
What is impossible to quantify, however, is the deeper effect of trying to eradicate all bullying. Richard Hazler, a professor of counselor education at Ohio University, who has taught seminars on curbing bullying, says, "There's a normalcy in this whole process. I don't want to say that bullying is okay. But it's a teaching tool for kids. It teaches them to get along with people, how to use power, the victims--how to obtain power when not in power positions. How do we stop bullying and victimization? I hate to make this case in public. But we don't entirely want to--because if kids didn't have it--how would they learn? These are mistakes they're making. We want a cooperative atmosphere, but we also want to show them how to deal with aggression."
``It's been a haunting experience for him that he'll never get over no matter what happens in the courts,'' Hatchett said, ``and it has had a significant impact on his life.''
[Yeah, right.]
After high school, Venn had more run-ins with the law. At the time he turned himself in, he was wanted on charges that included cocaine possession and driving with a suspended license. He was convicted of assaulting an Atlanta-area security guard in 2001.
During the nearly nine years Pattah lay in a coma, his deeply religious family never lost hope that one day he would wake up, said his sister, 22-year-old Lana Murad. They regularly dabbed holy water on his lips.
[Slap a lien on the church for providing defective holy water.]
Did they prosecute him as an adult then? And now?
I knew Desmon personally and I can honestly say that his criminal activity was directly related to the pain and grief he caused the family. He had become a very angry and depressed individual directly afterwards but please don’t let that jade your opinion of him. He told me the story only once and I could see the pain and tears in his eyes at the incident. My heart goes out to the family of the victim. It was a situation where Venn was in a fight with the young man and due to his strength it went further than anyone could ever have expected having been in high school and throwing only one punch.
He has since served his time and is a great community leader, father, and hardworking citizen of Detroit, dedicating his life to Christ and being progressive in society. Much love and my heart goes out to the family of the victim. I just had to put this online because I know how it is to be misconstrued due to your past mistakes and it needed to be said. The memory of that incident tortured him and i believe sometimes still does. Let’s hope his story gets out there so youngsters who get themself into violent confrontations know that there can be deathly consequences and life is too fragile to take for granted. One Love - Nemesis