This is a real event, in 2016, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 18-year-old student Rick attended Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, he was a student of good character, he often won awards during the school, tall and handsome Rick, also the main force of the school's football team, such a vigorous teenager, but on October 4, 2016, because of his handsome sportswear and sneakers, he was robbed by three gangsters with guns.
Rick was getting ready to go home after school when he was robbed by three young men, 17- Daintreet, 18-year-old Craig and 19-year-old Ellison. All of them were gang members near the community, and the three black youths, who liked Rick's sweatshirt and sneakers, shot at Rick, and after Rick was shot to the ground, took Rick's belongings and jersey shoes, and the three quickly fled the scene until Rick was found and died on the path in the nearby neighborhood.
Soon police arrested three young black men, 18-year-old Craig and 19-year-old Ellison, who had reached the legal age of adulthood under U.S. penal law, and were charged with unlawful gun possession, conspiracy to hold a gun, and second-degree murder, respectively.
But 17-year-old Dante is still a minor, prosecutors and Dante reached a plea agreement before the trial, in the U.S. court, the trial of jurors, suspects will be decided by the jury whether they are guilty, but if the prisoners before the jury trial, take the initiative to confess to the prosecutor, and admit their guilt, they can get a lighter sentence or a suspended sentence.
Dante, 17, reached a plea agreement with the prosecutor in charge of the case because of the juvenile clause, and Dante admitted that he shot and killed Rick.
During the trial, when Rick's mother cried to the judge about the innocence of her child, 17-year-old Dante, because he had reached a plea agreement, had no fear and kept smiling and looking indifferent.
It's hard to imagine that the 17-year-old boy was a murderer and had been smiling and mocking the victim's family's accusations in court, and all the while Dante was smiling and disdainful, as if he wanted to end this serious trial quickly and go home to reunite with his loved ones.
A spokesman for Rick's mother, who spoke in place of Rick's mother, complained in tears: "It is hard for me to believe that the pursuit of desire can turn people into demons and arbitrarily deprive others of their lives." While Rick's mother was crying in pain, Dante kept smiling with eight large white teeth, shaking his head and rubbing his hands, looking indifferent.
Rick's mother said: "But after all, we are not the same, I hope you can reflect on the rest of your life, change your messy life." Your actions not only put you in jail yourself, but also put me in an invisible prison, and one day you will be able to leave the normal life of the prison, and I will not be able to escape from my prison for the rest of my life. ”
When it was Dante's turn to speak, Dante spoke in astonishing tones, and he said flirtatiously to all of you, "What I want to tell you is that I will soon be able to go home because I love my family." The judge was overwhelmed by Dante's speech, and the judge said: "I have always approved of the plea agreement in my 23-year career, but today, I see you sitting there, smiling, shaking your head, as if it is not a big deal, I have decided not to accept your plea agreement, the case will go to the jury stage, and if your crime is convicted, you will spend the rest of your life in prison." I think that's the right thing I should be doing. ”
The judge solemnly told prosecutors that he did not approve of the agreement between the prosecution and the suspect.
When Dante heard the judge's decision, the whole person was momentarily X, trying to get his defense lawyer to say something, but his lawyer shook his head helplessly and walked away, Dante hurried to make amends, apologizing, hoping that the judge would forgive his childish behavior, but it was obviously too late, the judge revoked Dante's plea agreement and handed the case over to a jury for trial, Dante was found guilty, Dante was sentenced to 50 years in prison, and needed to serve in an American Union prison.
Is it reasonable for the judge to do so? Is there a feeling of good relief? What do you think about that?