Teen Murderer Says Jail Is Too Hard, Appeals Sentence

If this kid thinks "prison is too hard", he's obviously not regretful of his actions at all, I mean, he killed a man.

A situation similar to this happened at my school, where about 4-5 kids (I knew most of them) assaulted multiple homeless people (for seemingly no reason, although one of them was already a rampant vandal; his sentence is still pending because he has other charges that include driving around throwing bricks through random windows and statutory rape charges for having sex with a thirteen year old girl [You would have swore she was eighteen from her myspace, says others] Though his other crimes which he isn't charged for include but aren't limited to other cases of random violence, credit card fraud/identity theft, stealing from and debugging ATMs).

A few of them (the ones who ratted everyone to the police for a reduced sentence; they said they had lesser involvement, which is a lie) got simply a few years of probation, others got 3-4 years with about 80% served before probation. It was weird when it happened, because I saw a few of these people in school daily (some were acquaintances), and one you wouldn't think would be involved with it all, this kid Dennis who was an abercrombie wearing, Java programming video game playing dude with a real child like simple edge to him. Seems like one of those people you wouldn't suspect doing anything really. Turns out his involvement was mostly limited to "the watch out" later. It sucks for him now, I suppose, as he just finished his freshman year in college. Though I suppose he could still finish it after he gets out; three years isn't a huge loss compared to what it could have been.

It's a shame for some of them, I suppose, but half of them I already thought were scumbags to begin with. The aforementioned kid who committed a bunch of crimes was always sort of a psychopath though really. I had hung out with him outside school (always through other people though), mostly at concerts. No matter where we were in public he would yell or say the most off beat or intentionally offensive things, like going up to a bald little kid on a line at burger king (who was with his father no less) and asking him "hey little fella, are ya special?" Later he would randomly yell "fucking republicans" in the restaurant. On the parkway he insulted some Jewish family by making a "hook nose" with his hand and later pulled out a twenty dollar bill (and shortly thereafter she flipped us off again with a dollar) and told some lady who cut my friend off to jerk him off with the requisite hand gesture. Later at the concert he nearly got us into a fight too.

My friend Brian would always defend him, as they were pretty good friends, but as much as he's a "good friend" to his friends, he's just a born deviant otherwise. It's a shame because he's a computer wizard, and likely could have a had a good career in the field had he not been a total nut.

So overall, he gets a heavier sentence than the others, but he has other charges for well. When I compare him with Dennis, I'd definitely give this kid a heavier sentence, considering his compound offenses (I'd say prior but he never got caught) and history. For the same offense, it seems like he would be more likely to pioneer it and the others to follow. Regardless of which, I feel they all deserve jail time anyway.

As far as this case goes, I can't believe the kid would admit he didn't feel bad when he did it. He just comes off as really dumb and naive in this article.

Jam it back in, in the dark.