On the morning of February 27, a judge sentenced Kayle Norton to 15 years in prison, with six to serve and Jose Torres to 20 years in prison, with 13 to serve.
20 years or so for such offense is still fucking overkill in my book
I mean, some get much less for voluntary manslaughter
For instance, the federal law against voluntary manslaughter states that defendants should receive fines, a prison sentence of not more than ten years or both. California's manslaughter law, on the other hand, gets a little more specific and states that anyone found guilty of manslaughter should receive a prison sentence of between three and 11 years.
Sure it was an unnecessary and potentially dangerous dumb move/provocation, but it's a breach of peace at best, nothing but feelings got hurt in the end, nobody died, nobody got physically hurt, while I concede that it could have resulted into an armed confrontation on the spot, if the facts reported in the articles are accurate
According to the accused, the confrontation started when someone at the party threw an object at one of the trucks, but party attendees’ accusations and video of the incident were enough to charge two people, Kayla Norton and Jose Torres, with violating Georgia’s street-gang terrorism law.
Pfff, as if a bunch of provocative idiots in a pickup truck was the equivalent of an actual street gang bordering on terrorist organization, like bloods and crips
Talking about bias, racial or otherwise... I guess the irony is lost on the judge
Dura lex, sed lex I guess
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So it turns out it happened in Georgia, btw
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