Nice looking lad, eh? - Now 20 years old, he was sentenced to 162 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
JoeBtfsplk
2012/07/04 08:18:06
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Quartavious Davis is still shocked by what happened to him in federal court two months ago.
"My first offense, and they gave me all this time," said Davis, a pudgy African American with dreadlocks who spoke with Reuters at the Federal Detention Center in Miami. "Might just as well say I'm dead."
Davis was convicted of participating in a string of armed robberies in the Miami area in 2010. His accomplices testified against him, saying he carried a gun during their crimes and discharged it at a dog that chased them after one of their burglaries. But Davis was not convicted of hurting anyone physically, including the dog.
Davis would occupy no place at all in the annals of crime if not for his sentence. Now 20 years old, he was sentenced to 1,941 months - almost 162 years - in prison without the possibility of parole.
On the day of Davis's interview with Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that life sentences without parole for defendants under the age of 18 constituted "cruel and unusual punishment" even in cases of murder. Unfortunately for Davis, he was 18 at the time of his crimes.
Nonetheless, Davis's attorney will argue that Davis's sentence to die in prison also constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" on the grounds that Davis is a "first offender," having never before been charged with a crime.
"Just as the Supreme Court recently held that the Constitution bars taking away all discretion from judges in sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment for committing murder," said the attorney, Jacqueline Shapiro, "so also is it cruel and extreme to allow unfettered prosecutorial discretion to force a sentencing judge to impose a life sentence on a teenage first offender convicted of lesser charges."
read article;
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-florida-man-sees-cruel-face-u-j...
"My first offense, and they gave me all this time," said Davis, a pudgy African American with dreadlocks who spoke with Reuters at the Federal Detention Center in Miami. "Might just as well say I'm dead."
Davis was convicted of participating in a string of armed robberies in the Miami area in 2010. His accomplices testified against him, saying he carried a gun during their crimes and discharged it at a dog that chased them after one of their burglaries. But Davis was not convicted of hurting anyone physically, including the dog.
Davis would occupy no place at all in the annals of crime if not for his sentence. Now 20 years old, he was sentenced to 1,941 months - almost 162 years - in prison without the possibility of parole.
On the day of Davis's interview with Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that life sentences without parole for defendants under the age of 18 constituted "cruel and unusual punishment" even in cases of murder. Unfortunately for Davis, he was 18 at the time of his crimes.
Nonetheless, Davis's attorney will argue that Davis's sentence to die in prison also constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" on the grounds that Davis is a "first offender," having never before been charged with a crime.
"Just as the Supreme Court recently held that the Constitution bars taking away all discretion from judges in sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment for committing murder," said the attorney, Jacqueline Shapiro, "so also is it cruel and extreme to allow unfettered prosecutorial discretion to force a sentencing judge to impose a life sentence on a teenage first offender convicted of lesser charges."
read article;
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-florida-man-sees-cruel-face-u-j...
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Matt 2012/07/04 09:55:59another lowlife off the street
Funny how logic never creeps into any of your crazy rants !
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/0...
So what does this say about our justice system, come back now with some smart a$4 offensive remark so i can slap you down with examples of injustices in our criminal justice system.
You know what Franklin i am glad i unblocked your retarded a$$, because i am hopiong i run into your a$$ in your city when i am there in September, i pray i run into you. You are one of those alcohol tough guys, you get courage when you are drunk or on the computer. But in reality you are no more than a pu$$y. Talk all tough behind a monitor.
http://www.sodahead.com/unite...
still playing your little race game I see ...this guy was 20 and a die-hard criminal , you tell me why he should not pay for his own actions (other than his skin color being the same as yours that is )
But i tell you what i will be in Florida in September for work contract, email me a place you would like to meet, and i will be there, and you can try to make me shut up.
Other than that, you
("Quartavious?" What? His mother couldn't afford a whole gallon? I mean the least she could have done is name him Gallonious!)