Sunday, December 12, 2004
Jocks and Punks, who goes to jail and who dies?
"Dustin headed straight for a guy who was standing on one of the medians in the parking lot. The guy had his back toward us. Right before we hit him, he turned and saw Dustin's car coming. We were going fast. Dustin was driving right at the guy. When we hit him, his torso came up on the hood toward us. Then he slid under the car. We hit the median he was standing on and I felt a big bump. I just prayed the bump was the median and not him.' "
If you heard this testimony in a case about the murder of a teenager during a fight between skinheads and jocks, would you send the offender to jail? This testimony comes from the girl in the car with the killer who says it was icy and he didn't mean it; his brakes just didn't work. The Houston Press reports in 'Fire and Ice' that the good citizens of Amarillo in the "killem all in the chair and let God sort em out" state of Texas didn't think jail was fitting. They gave this dangerous boy 10 years probation instead because he promised to be good.
Weeks later it was reported that the boy had actually confessed to the killing but the tape never went to court. Potter County District Attorney Rebecca King explains "It was a self-serving statement, in that instance, there was nothing new that aided the prosecution or the defense." So they didn't think to mention any confessions to the jury. It wasn't important.
Why would they do this? Prosecuters withholding confessions that would have sealed their case? Wouldn't the public be outraged if some vicious skinhead kills a jock and no one does anything about it? Shouldn't someone stop these freak counter culture maniacs before they get out of control and hurt our good little boys and girls?
Well, no actually. There is no threat to the good children who play sports so we can forgive and forget this once. You see, the boy who brought a car to a stick fight was the star football player at the local high school. Perhaps that's why he got probation in a state famous for frying convicted killers who lie.
Guess they don't fry famous white football players though.
If you heard this testimony in a case about the murder of a teenager during a fight between skinheads and jocks, would you send the offender to jail? This testimony comes from the girl in the car with the killer who says it was icy and he didn't mean it; his brakes just didn't work. The Houston Press reports in 'Fire and Ice' that the good citizens of Amarillo in the "killem all in the chair and let God sort em out" state of Texas didn't think jail was fitting. They gave this dangerous boy 10 years probation instead because he promised to be good.
Weeks later it was reported that the boy had actually confessed to the killing but the tape never went to court. Potter County District Attorney Rebecca King explains "It was a self-serving statement, in that instance, there was nothing new that aided the prosecution or the defense." So they didn't think to mention any confessions to the jury. It wasn't important.
Why would they do this? Prosecuters withholding confessions that would have sealed their case? Wouldn't the public be outraged if some vicious skinhead kills a jock and no one does anything about it? Shouldn't someone stop these freak counter culture maniacs before they get out of control and hurt our good little boys and girls?
Well, no actually. There is no threat to the good children who play sports so we can forgive and forget this once. You see, the boy who brought a car to a stick fight was the star football player at the local high school. Perhaps that's why he got probation in a state famous for frying convicted killers who lie.
Guess they don't fry famous white football players though.
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