[b4its2late]

What’s the real poop on this? I know you have an inside scoop.

[repubpub]

It looks to me as if the jury didn’t buy into the “hate crime” law.

[csvset]

Another paper had this version of the story.

Shenandoah murder trial: JURY’S VERDICT: SIMPLE ASSAULT

[skeeter]

Towards the end of the story, after the quotes from the prosecution, MALDEF and references to the all-white jury:

Ramirez also was not entirely innocent, continuing to fight voluntarily when the boys started to walk away, according to Fanelli.

The other term for the boys actions could be 'self defense'.

[csvset]

I asked this on the other thread.

Who has more machismo? A 25 year old Mexican with a 15 year old girl friend or a group of football players that have been drinking?

I doubt if the 15 year old would have thought any less of him if he hadn't fought them.

[muawiyah]

Interesting story. If the defense lawyer is positively correct and Ramirez called in a friend who had a gun with him, in Virginia the friend, and Ramierez, if he'd survived, would have gone to prison for an extra 5 years for having a gun present while commiting a crime.

Since Ramirez died the "friend" with the gun, part of the gang?, would be tried for his murder.

Apparantly the law in Pennsylvania is not sufficiently evolved to properly target the problem.