[dmz]

Did you ever do anything incredibly stupid when you were 19 yrs. old?
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Absolutely, and beyond even. But never with a gun in my hand.

[ishabibble]

>>>Another judge had sentenced the third man, who pulled the trigger, to two years' probation.<<<

The two boys who are enlisting in the Navy did not fire any guns. They were just there, drunk and stupid, when the cops showed up.

On my 18th birthday, my sister and her hippie boyfriend offered me a ride to my job. I got into the hippie van and it was stopped by the cops less than 5 minutes later. Both of them had marijuana in their pockets. The cops reached in and searched around but let us go after nearly an hour.
I've never forgotten that moment when I thought I would go to jail just because it was my birthday and I didn't want to take a bus. This was only days after the Chicago riots and the cops were out for blood. My entire life would have changed that night. I was a married woman with a small baby, and I could have gone to jail for accepting that ride. So, I look at this case and think that it is now up to the boys to do something.

Ever had one of those "moments of utter clarity"? This was mine. I enrolled in driver training school first thing that Monday morning!