"Where's the intent?" said Kooiman's attorney, Karen Constantine. "I have seen none. I have heard none."
Why, what a brilliant, well reasoned defense counselor! I'm sure that your line of reasoning will garner bushels of support with the jury, just as it has here on FreeRepublic.
You wouldn't want to go down the "These kids made a horrible mistake, accept full responsibility for it, extend their most sincere and deepest regrets to the victim and her family and throw themselves on the mercy of the court" road. Nope, not when there's a perfectly good jury waiting to be turned from horrified into rabidly irate.
At least you've laid the ground work for a re-trial based on your aggressively gross incompetence.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
They would have deserved all that you recommend had they done this JUST to the tractor trailers they spoke of. As one Freeper pointed out people have been dying from this stupid stunt for decades all over the country. These kids are far too old for a "fake" boot camp. They may be too criminal for a real boot camp.
No question though, this woman's life will never be the same again.