New Posts For Thread: Teenager turns down plea deal for 25 years gets 65 years insteadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead"In a two-day trial in March, Lakeith Smith, now 18, of Montgomery was convicted of felony murder, burglary and theft for helping in the 2015 break-ins of two homes in Millbrook, about 10 miles north of Montgomery. He did not kill A'Donte Washington,The "Plea Bargain" system seems open to huge amounts of injustice for innocent people:"Here, you admit you did it and get 3 years""But I didn't do it!""Well ok keep saying that and we'll give you 10"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553920921#553920921The "Plea Bargain" system seems open to huge amounts of injustice for innocent people:"Here, you admit you did it and get 3 years""But I didn't do it!""Well ok keep saying that and we'll give you 10"Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:10:31 -0500Jamaica 43.5 times more murders than the UKhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553917981#553917981Jamaica 43.5 times more murders than the UKSat, 07 Apr 2018 08:04:25 -0500The USA comes in at 46 with 4.8 murders and 12 suicides per 100,000. As you can see it has some very murderous neighbours and guns are easily accessible. So it's culture through immigration and opportunity. Greenland's suicide rate is quite somethttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553917899#553917899The USA comes in at 46 with 4.8 murders and 12 suicides per 100,000. As you can see it has some very murderous neighbours and guns are easily accessible. So it's culture through immigration and opportunity. Greenland's suicide rate is quite sometSat, 07 Apr 2018 08:00:33 -0500@Dr Crippen -- If anyone says that long sentences don't work, then think what America would be like with shorter sentencing.If anyone says long sentences do work, then *see* what America is like now.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553917519#553917519@Dr Crippen -- If anyone says that long sentences don't work, then think what America would be like with shorter sentencing.If anyone says long sentences do work, then *see* what America is like now.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 07:40:40 -0500This is what Derek Bentley was hanged (and later pardoned) for. We call it joint enterprise.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553917497#553917497This is what Derek Bentley was hanged (and later pardoned) for. We call it joint enterprise.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 07:39:08 -0500The yanks don't fxxk abouthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553917375#553917375The yanks don't fxxk aboutSat, 07 Apr 2018 07:32:28 -0500"30 years for what - his friend running at someone? That can't be justified."Hardly. He took place in an armed robbery where shots were fired at the police. Given his age and the fact he didn't fire any shots himself the sentence is harsh, but a lohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553916249#553916249"30 years for what - his friend running at someone? That can't be justified."Hardly. He took place in an armed robbery where shots were fired at the police. Given his age and the fact he didn't fire any shots himself the sentence is harsh, but a loSat, 07 Apr 2018 06:32:40 -0500It goes without saying I'd support such sentencing in this country....well done Alabamahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553915049#553915049It goes without saying I'd support such sentencing in this country....well done AlabamaSat, 07 Apr 2018 05:30:31 -0500You would have to have a heart of stone, not to laugh.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553914021#553914021You would have to have a heart of stone, not to laugh.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:28:57 -0500He smiled and laughed throughout the trial, and that says it all.He would have been crying with fear if the death sentence would have been announced.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31039909/teenager-turns-down-plea-deal-for-25-years-gets-65-years-instead?post_id=553913667#553913667He smiled and laughed throughout the trial, and that says it all.He would have been crying with fear if the death sentence would have been announced.Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:09:04 -0500