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Boy Charged With Firing Gun Faces $250,000 Bond
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| 8/24/05
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Posted on 08/25/2005 9:29:32 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim
The boy's lawyer describes her client as developmentally disabled
That's what they all say.
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:31:23 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: SittinYonder
Is the boy a flight risk or a danger to the community?
We no longer have a justice system it is a legal system.
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:35:08 AM PDT
by
vrwc0915
To: kiriath_jearim
Funny, when I've been on jury duty the judge has always made it a point to stress that we are to judge based upon the evidence in the case before us ONLY, and here's this judge saying "a lot of other people have done bad things so I'm going to take it out on YOU."
Do as I say, not as I do I guess.
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:35:09 AM PDT
by
ZGuy
(Global warming saves lives)
To: kiriath_jearim
What did he fire the gun at? Was he trying to rob someone? Was he just playing around? Was he trying to run off a thief? Without knowing "WHY" he fired a gun, it is kinda pointless to argue over why the judge set bail as he did.
If this judge isn't going to "tolerate guns on the street", does this put Officers at risk if they can't carry?
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:40:29 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
To: kiriath_jearim
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:46:35 AM PDT
by
pabianice
To: vrwc0915
We no longer have a justice system it is a legal system.
You've been listening to too much Billy Bragg. It would be interesting to know what the circumstances were.
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:53:33 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: ZGuy
It's cruel and unusual punishment. Judge will be admonished, no doubt!
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:56:50 AM PDT
by
timestax
To: Corporate Law
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:57:42 AM PDT
by
timestax
To: Dead Corpse
What did he fire the gun at? Noöne knows. The police responded to a reported gunshot. Found the boy in possession of a revolver with one chamber fired.
As there appears to have been nobody else around when the gun was fired, the judge's "loss of patience with youth violene" maybe attributed to sand in his vagina.
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:59:27 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. - Aristotle)
To: SittinYonder
who is Billy Bragg seriously PM me I don't know
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posted on
08/25/2005 9:59:46 AM PDT
by
vrwc0915
To: the irate magistrate
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:00:18 AM PDT
by
timestax
To: timestax
What would they do with the "kids" in O-T-R, Walnut Hills, Bond Hill, Avondale, etc.
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:02:05 AM PDT
by
Corporate Law
(<>< -- Xavier Basketball - Perennial Slayer of #1 Ranked Teams)
To: kiriath_jearim
There's a world of information missing from this article.
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:04:56 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: Dead Corpse
"The incident unfolded at about 5 p.m. Monday in the South End, according to police.
Officers heard a loud bang at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Randolph Street and saw the 12-year-old boy running off, according to police. They approached a 20-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy on the corner, who explained they had been lighting firecrackers, police said. The officers found no evidence of fireworks
Soon, the 12-year-old returned, carrying a black bandana, police said. Searching the bandana, officers found a loaded Smith & Wesson .38-caliber handgun, police and prosecutors said. One round had been fired, and one remained in the chamber, authorities said. The boy was arrested."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/08/24/judge_sets_250000_bail_for_boy_12/
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:08:40 AM PDT
by
Tsunamii
To: vrwc0915
Billy Bragg is a communist South African folk singer. I like his music real well, but there's a line in one of his songs (Waiting on Remand) that says: "This isn't a court of justice, son, this is a court of law."
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:15:16 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: Tsunamii
The mother has backed the judge. She is a single mom and the boy has been out of control, sneaking out of the house at 2:00AM running amok. She is more worried about what will happen to him on the street than in juvenile detention. She hopes that a little "scared straight" will get him back on track. GOOD FOR HER !!
To: kiriath_jearim
The boy's lawyer describes her client as developmentally disabled with a gun.
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:17:24 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
Funny how Mass has some of the toughest gun control laws in the nation... bet ya'll a steak dinner that this gun is unregistered and unliscensed in the socialist city of boston... expect more gun laws regarding *child safety locks' to be passed in mass in addition to the handfull that already exist!
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posted on
08/25/2005 10:21:26 AM PDT
by
BigTom85
To: SittinYonder
This isn't a court of justice, son, this is a court of law. An old attorney I knew lectured new employees in his office, saying, "The first thing you have to know is that any relationship between the practice of law and justice is purely coincidental."
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