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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 3, 2013 19:42:50 GMT -5
Antonio Barnes and Earl Jackson, AMW direct captures #1167 and #1168 went down in AMW infamy after becoming their first captures associated with their new network of Lifetime. Barnes and Jackson were only teenagers when they fired into a rival gang outside a DC area high school in broad daylight, killing a 15 and 18-year old innocent bystander and wounding three other people. They were caught in North Carolina in January of 2012 after a repeat airing of their case, thus proving an advantage to being on a new network. Barnes has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty this past May. Jackson has also plead guilty and his sentencing date is September 13th. www.washingtonpost.com/local/2013/09/03/e335d416-149e-11e3-a100-66fa8fd9a50c_story.html
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Post by HeadMarshal on Sept 4, 2013 18:03:37 GMT -5
Good news, although I always believed they would plead guilty and get a lighter sentence.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 4, 2013 18:11:47 GMT -5
I pretty much would have predicted 25 years. It seems they saw a rival gang and started shooting so as far as setting precedents go, it was similar to the Alfonso and Jahbir Fowle case and they got far less time than they deserved. Manslaughter in some states does but often doesn't carry a life sentence (In George and Louisiana it can), and combined with their youth at the time, this sentence is predictable. Some people agree or disagree about whether to charge teens as adults. I say you do the crime, you do the time.
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Post by danwind on Sept 7, 2013 22:52:35 GMT -5
Well, If they plend guilty, They shouldn't receive a tougher sentence
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 7, 2013 23:49:26 GMT -5
I don't think 25 years is a "tougher" sentence by any stretch and they likely would have received a tougher one had they not. The defendants take a plea to avoid a tougher sentence and/or its offered since the victim's would rather a "lighter" sentence than have to relive the pain and torture during trial.
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 15, 2021 3:28:48 GMT -5
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