Jena 6

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

bad but not enough to merit attempted murder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six

So how bad is bad enough to charge someone with attempted murder? Where do you draw that line?

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

So how bad is bad enough to charge someone with attempted murder? Where do you draw that line?

ask one of the lawyers on the board. but he seems to be recovering quite well.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

So how bad is bad enough to charge someone with attempted murder? Where do you draw that line?

In my state the specific intent to kill the victim must be shown and this must be coupled with evidence of some overt but ineffectual act in furtherance of this purpose.

Mere use of a deadly weapon, standing alone, is not enough. Specific intent is intent in fact, though it may be inferred from all the circumstances.

[ChinoCoug]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

In my state the specific intent to kill the victim must be shown and this must be coupled with evidence of some overt but ineffectual act in furtherance of this purpose.

Mere use of a deadly weapon, standing alone, is not enough. Specific intent is intent in fact, though it may be inferred from all the circumstances.

thank you, it's pretty clear there were racist motives in charging the boys with murder for a jumping.

[tooblue]

the nooses not tried for a hate crime ...and not merely suspended for three days but the entire year?

Their so called prank incited rioting, fights ensued, race relations are now more severly strained.

It is societal racism on the part of the community, school administrators etc. to react with such harsh indictments against those involved in the fight and not to have taken harsher measures, such as severe santioning, against those who incited the hate!

Access to justice is NOT equal in this instance. Whether or not you like Jackson and Sharpton, that is why they are there.

[non sequitur]

Just in case MindfulCoug doesn't get a chance to post in this thread, I want to emphatically state that this sort of thing never happens in Iran.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

thank you, it's pretty clear there were racist motives in charging the boys with murder for a jumping.

I guess I don't know about the circumstances enough. For example, the length of the beating, the words that were said during coupled with the mechanics of the beating could all add up to attempted murder. Not saying that do here but it isn't obvious to me that it isn't based on what I know. Maybe you can fill me in on some of the details.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

Just in case MindfulCoug doesn't get a chance to post in this thread, I want to emphatically state that this sort of thing never happens in Iran.

Very, very good.

[Frank Ryan]

Originally Posted by JohnnyLingo

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/20...six/index.html

Every time I start to forget how racist Sharpton and Jackson are, they stick their noses into something like this and I remember.

Were the white kids extremely racist? Hell yes. Did they do something extremely despicable? Hell yes. Did that warrant a 6 on 1 "fight"? No way.

What lessons are these parents and leaders teaching their children? Responding to racism with violence is okay? Martin Luther King, Jr. would be disappointed to see the lack of progress some areas of the country have made to this point in history.

joli- you can read on this blog http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/0...remacist-rage/, and from the comments that a lot of other people are upset about this too

Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

Attempted murder for a school fight? Are you kidding me? I've seen them growing up and nobody ever got anything more than a suspension. These charges are ridiculous.

i remember a fight at my high school (a gang banger one) where a kid got jumped by 5 dudes and has his back broken, no attempted murder charges there