21-year-old to spend life in prison for murder over a PS2

[Jereel Hunter]

Akvod said:

d21lewis said:
Stupid kid has thrown away his entire life. It's over. I bet when he got that gun, he thought he was so cool. He thought, "I'm a gangsta. Nobody better fuck with me." He's got the rest of his life to think about what he could have done differently.

I don't know... it seems like he relaxing at his own place, and 4 kids randomly barged in all pissed off, accusing him of stealing something he didn't. That's not to say it's not possible the kid is a prick, but I don't think we should just listen to the prosecutor blindly. I mean, it's the prosecutor's (and the defendant's) job to spin things.

The prosecutor says "He's a cocky wanabe gangster"

The defendant says "He's a honest boy that was scared".

The only thing we know for sure is that the kid didn't steal anything, and he didn't initiate anything, but was inside his home.

Oh wait, we know one more thing - he was 17, with a gun that he wasn't supposed to be using. Little facts like that go a long way to making the jury see "cocky wannabe gangster" as the most likely truth.