6 Years for 7 Cent Robbery

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"Stewart [15] and Ninham [16] ran up behind the [73 year-old] victim Dec. 22 and knocked him to the ground. Ninham kicked the victim and Stewart punched him in the face, breaking his glasses, before the victim handed over the seven cents in his pocket, prosecutors said. The two teens had handguns, which Stewart later said were BB guns, prosecutors said."
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http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/syracuse_15-year-old_gets_two.html

Somedays it just doesn't pay to be a teen-age thug.
 
“For seven cents, now you’re making someone a felon for the rest of his life,” she said.
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No, for lying he is becoming a felon. I love the way the way the defense puts the blame on "The System".

I wish the best for this young man, but even after being caught red handed he still denies he did it.

I bet the 73 year old man did not think "Hey, that looks like a b-b gun."
 
By reasoning this way, an old man at risk of getting mugged and beaten should always carry a few thousand dollars to make the sentence worth????

It isn't the value of the stolen goods, it's the way they were stolen, i.e. hurting a person.
He made himself a felon for beating a person, regardless of the amount stolen.

Just My Humble Opinion....

K.
 
“For seven cents, now you’re making someone a felon for the rest of his life,” she said.
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Wrong, barrister. Your client was made a felon because the predator attacked an elderly person and denied it in court.
 
The defense lawyer's attitude is inexcusable, but then again she is a lawyer... probably does those offensive TV ads, too.
 
The defense attorney needs to go back to college and take a course in inductive logic. The judge didn't make the punk a felon -- the punk made himself a felon by committing a felony. He assaulted a 73-year old person. The punk didn't know the elder citizen only had seven cents.

And in many states using a BB gun in a felony counts the same as using a .357 Magnum. (Dunno if this is one of those states.)

There are some attorneys who should not be allowed to practice law. I think we just found one.
 
No he was made a felon because he's an animal,it doesn't matter if it was 7 cents or $7000.At that age we were cutting 73 year-old's lawns,and doing anything they needed done.But back then we didn't have to be P.C.,you did what you were taught to do.
 
“For seven cents, now you’re making someone a felon for the rest of his life,” she said.
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Well, no, he's a felon because he assaulted a 73 year old man. The amount of the haul has nothing to do with it.

And by the way, given the strength of the case against him a competent attorney would have had him admit guilt and cop a plea as a juvenile. But no.....
 
We had a guy several years ago who held up a liquor store and got $10.00 (right after the deposit). The judge gave him 10 years. At a dollar per year, our guy had a higher cost benefit ratio than the poor thug who got a penny per year.

It just goes to show that crime doesn't pay. Maybe if the kid has been enrolled in school and selling pencils on the corner, he'd not be in jail today.
 
This was a classic example of the rule that "Stupid games have stupid prizes." Knocking down and beating up a 73-year old man was definitely a stupid game. Had the victim had a fatal heart attack, they could have been facing a murder charge.
 
Mr Knauss needs to have all his pencils broken his computer beat down with sledge hammer and resign as a reporter.

These two young punks assaulted a human being. An older defenseless person at that and could have caused serious bodily harm. The reporter kind of glossed over that and made the 7 cents the feature piece of the article. I wonder if Mr. Knauss had been beaten and robbed by these two young punks if he would have the same viewpoint.
 
Those kids are just lucky that wasn't my grandfather. There are also extenuating penalties for crimes against the elderly. I don't think this falls under the old saying "boys will be boys". Too bad they don't string em up in the court house lawn anymore.
 
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