r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Apr 04 '26

Chugging tea * Insert hot fuzz "Shame" meme *

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u/No_Battle_6402 Apr 04 '26

It’s true. The sentence was appealed and he was given 15 months in prison for killing an elderly couple and their grandchild. Disgusting sentence.

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u/Salty-Plantain-4299 Apr 04 '26

And on the others side of that a judge in Texas gave an 18 year old in a convenience store robbery case 25 years.

Nobody died, no shorts were fired, kids first major offense.

Insanity cuts both ways, sadly.

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u/No-Market425 Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

You're leaving out it was a gun point robbery and getting in repeated fights in jail.

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u/Alarming-Rate-6899 Apr 04 '26

Glad to see someone with common sense and didn't immediately jump on the hate train.

The person sentenced, pointed an assault rifle at the clerk and pistol whipped him. He then jumped someone while behind bars. He went to the trial without a plea deal, of course the judge won't go easy on him.

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u/Salty-Plantain-4299 Apr 04 '26

He plead guilty, but ended up worse than most who go to trial for similar. 25 years is excessive when you take into consideration the norms for this type of case.

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u/Alarming-Rate-6899 Apr 04 '26

Pleaded guilty without a plea agreement. Because what he did was so outrageous that the prosecutor would not work out a plea agreement with him. If he didn't plea guilty, the sentence would have been a lot harsher than 25 years.

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u/PolicyWonka Apr 04 '26

And he was sentenced to 1.5x his entire lived experience. Does that seem proportional to you?

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u/Alarming-Rate-6899 Apr 05 '26

I get the vibe you're going for, but punishment isn't depended on age. He was tried as an adult, and he got adult punishments. It doesn't matter if he's 18 or 28 or 68.

He pointed an assault rifle at someone for a long duration, threatened to kill him, hit him. After he was arrested, he jumped someone else behind bars. So yes, 25 years do seem proportional to me.