Well, if there isn't a legitimate need for him to be in prison now there sure will be in eight years when he gets out.

Nice rehabilitation work judge.

/stupid judge

That shiat better get overturned on appeal. He should get probation at most.

The "times we live in" don't change the law or its applicability. That judge needs to be removed and pilloried.

Yay america. A friend of mine is doing 20 years for a drug offense. 20 years for a completely non-violent offense. The US just loves locking people up.

Angela Jenkins, a spokeswoman for the Tyler school district, said that while the sentence was "severe in this circumstance," the school takes threats very seriously. She said "we now live in a time where safety is of paramount concern."



well i'm certainly feeling safer. Are you all feeling safer? I'm just gonna sit here and hug my blanket, feeling all safer and shiat.

I know some lawyers that bribed some judges in "non-violent" crimes, should they be allowed to walk because nobody was hurt. de law is de law.

Way to make a criminal out of a kid who said something stupid.

8 years? Yeah, I'm sure he's going to be a serious asset to society when he turns 25.

Cyclometh: That shiat better get overturned on appeal. He should get probation at most.

FTFA: Taylor pleaded guilty Thursday to making a terroristic threat.

The kid pleaded guilty.... I don't think he can appeal.

farking judge out to be taken out back and given a what for.
Probation? sure.
8 years? total bullshiat.

Ron Paul Revere: NINE ELEVEN CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!ONELEVEN1111

Unfortunately it did change everything. Now people tuck their tail between their legs at the first sign of a problem. It's caused people to believe that "the times we live in" are increasingly dangerous, and in response they allow stupidity and fear to rule their lives.


state District Judge Jack Skeen Jr. used the phrase "the times we live in" in handing down the sentence....

She said "we now live in a time where safety is of paramount concern."

F*ck these two and anybody else who agrees with them.

z_gringo: Yay america. A friend of mine is doing 20 years for a drug offense. 20 years for a completely non-violent offense. The US just loves locking people up.

Another disgusting bit right there. A FELONY. 20 YEARS. For DRUGS. Thanks for protecting us from the world's dangers, government.

I weep for the future.

Sgt Oddball: I weep for the future.

I'm waiting for Suicidal Writer to say something in this thread -- I can then safely take the opposite view and be done with it.

I can certainly see both sides on this issue. On the one hand, prison will all but destroy any chance this kid has to be a productive member of society. On the other, threatening to shoot up a school should be taken seriously and should be harshly punished.

One of them problems today is that people aren't thinking about the consequences of their choices, and the kids and teenagers are learning that apparently you don't have to. The sooner people can see that your stupid actions have serious consequences, maybe the sooner people will start to think through saying or doing something stupid.

And then again... 8 years is about half the time this kid has been alive so far. Maybe a little much.

Ron Paul Revere: NINE ELEVEN CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!ONELEVEN1111

They won.

don't understand: Ron Paul Revere: NINE ELEVEN CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!ONELEVEN1111

They won.

Basically. Think we should send them a cake or something so they know?

z_gringo: Yay america. A friend of mine is doing 20 years for a drug offense. 20 years for a completely non-violent offense. The US just loves locking people up.

For doing drugs or selling drugs? And how many priors does he have?

Sorry guys, but I'm going to have to agree with the sentencing on this one.

The kid is seventeen. Almost a legal adult, and in most cases can be tried as an adult. He has lived through all of the school shootings that have taken place over the last odd amount of years as well as 9/11.

If he hasn't learned to not pull this kind of shiat by now, perhaps prison will.

Also I'm not praising the prison system, but they do have educational opportunities and this might actually be a good thing for the kid. 8 years of reading books, doing laundry, fellating 'bubba...

Kome: I can certainly see both sides on this issue. On the one hand, prison will all but destroy any chance this kid has to be a productive member of society. On the other, threatening to shoot up a school should be taken seriously and should be harshly punished.

One of them problems today is that people aren't thinking about the consequences of their choices, and the kids and teenagers are learning that apparently you don't have to. The sooner people can see that your stupid actions have serious consequences, maybe the sooner people will start to think through saying or doing something stupid.

And then again... 8 years is about half the time this kid has been alive so far. Maybe a little much.

I think I feel the same for the most part. There's got to be a deterrent to this type of behavior. For some white kid to face prison, that should be a serious deterrent, especially if he's never been in trouble with the law before.

If they all know they'll only get probation b/c "they're just kids", then there's no deterrent. Let a couple of them take the full brunt of the law and set a standard for the others.

That's what the stupid ass gets.

Moran.

He didn't steal the other school's mascot, TP the gymnasium, or call and ask to speak to Bea O'Problem. He threatened to SHOOT students. Punk deserves to be locked up.

Kome: I can certainly see both sides on this issue. On the one hand, prison will all but destroy any chance this kid has to be a productive member of society. On the other, threatening to shoot up a school should be taken seriously and should be harshly punished.

no. *threats* aren't on the same level as *actions*. If the kid had taken some sort of credible action towards fulfilling his goal of mass murder, then maybe I could see why some sort of harsh punishment might be in order. However, by all accounts this kid just just joked about it. No weapons were found, no evidence supported the theory of him making good on his threat was found. Basically this guy is gonna do hard time for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.

welcome to the New America.

ultraholland: z_gringo: Yay america. A friend of mine is doing 20 years for a drug offense. 20 years for a completely non-violent offense. The US just loves locking people up.

Another disgusting bit right there. A FELONY. 20 YEARS. For DRUGS. Thanks for protecting us from the world's dangers, government.

Did you know Obama isa in favor of supporting the War on Drugs?

Link

tmyk*

Will likely get a suspended sentence during the penalty phase...
Prolly end up with probation / comm service.

NEEDS A GOOD CANEING!!!

Dictatorial_Flair: don't understand: Ron Paul Revere: NINE ELEVEN CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!ONELEVEN1111

They won.

Basically. Think we should send them a cake or something so they know?

I think they know. They're laughing their asses off at our expense. This country has become a worldwide joke.

/hopefully we can recover from this---I think we will

state District Judge Jack Skeen Jr. used the phrase "the times we live in" in handing down the sentence.

I will never understand this. Do people think an end to the War on Terror or school shootings is foreseeable? What kind of rainbow planet did they live on in the previous century? I am tired of nostalgia. Welcome to reality.

//What're you in for?
///I raped 8 babies
////I shot a man in the dick
//I made a threatening phone call involving a hot button political issue
//MY GOD YOU ARE A BAD MOFO I DOUBT I WILL RAPE YOU

8 years? The article gives the impression that it was just a prank call, not even a barely credible threat. Nothing about "the world we live in" justifies destroying a kid's life over a (incredibly) stupid prank in which no one was harmed. Probation and a stiff fine I can see; 8 years in prison should land this judge in front of a disciplinary board.

simpsonfan: He didn't steal the other school's mascot, TP the gymnasium, or call and ask to speak to Bea O'Problem. He threatened to SHOOT students. Punk deserves to be locked up.

Oh yes, because harsh language is equal to flying lead....

/sarcasm

Do the world a favor and go earn a darwin award.

God this is from my neck of the woods, and the kid is a total idiot. He should have just spray painted a bus or something.

NotoriousHIV: That's what the stupid ass gets.

Moran.

Indeed he was.

But EIGHT YEARS?

Give the little douchebag 600 hours of community service and a nice fine for his parents to pay.

simpsonfan: He didn't steal the other school's mascot, TP the gymnasium, or call and ask to speak to Bea O'Problem. He threatened to SHOOT students. Punk deserves to be locked up.

Im gonna shoot you for that comment. =)

Tacoby Bellisbury:
Did you know Obama isa in favor of supporting the War on Drugs?

Link

tmyk*

You know, I usually don't bite but do you really have to come over from the politics thread to troll the main page? F*CK OFF.

The terrorists won. Yay.

Nods Approvingly

z_gringo: Yay america. A friend of mine is doing 20 years for a drug offense. 20 years for a completely non-violent offense. The US just loves locking people up.

Score another one for the war on drugs!

/also known as the sexycool version of prohibition

G.I.R.B.: NotoriousHIV: That's what the stupid ass gets.

Moran.

Indeed he was.

But EIGHT YEARS?

Give the little douchebag 600 hours of community service and a nice fine for his parents to pay.

I'm with you there

GIRB, far better idea. That would teach him without farking up his life.

So how are those statistics for the percentage of Americans incarcerated going?

Weaver95: No weapons were found, no evidence supported the theory of him making good on his threat was found. Basically this guy is gonna do hard time for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.

That.
Did anybody think to evaluate this kid, to determine how likely he might be to do it? There were no psychologists handy? Just cart him off to jail: that's the answer. One down.
Sickening.

ChicagoJohn: If they all know they'll only get probation b/c "they're just kids", then there's no deterrent. Let a couple of them take the full brunt of the law and set a standard for the others.

Plenty of 17 year-olds have already been sent to prison as adults. Why didn't that "deter" this kid?

Really, age aside, 8 years in prison for this? Eight years for verbal threats? I mean, if he'd brought the gun to school, maybe, but a phone call?

8 years...
And to think he was goaded into it in the first place.


What a crazy f*ck'n world!

ultraholland: You know, I usually don't bite but do you really have to come over from the politics thread to troll the main page? F*CK OFF.

so.... presenting facts is trolling, now?

I certainly feel safer now.

That sounds harsh, especially since they didn't find weapons on the guy... Eight years just for running your mouth? Lots of folks on Fark would be in trouble if that's the case.

/Me included, y'all! ;)

Oh, the model citizen also plead guilty to burglary of a vehicle on Dec 11 of last year.
I'm sure this type of behavior was so out of character for him.

Ding-Dong Ditch=3 years
Dog poop in a paper bag on the porch=4 years
TP-ing a house=5 years

It's coming, folks! Put your seat belts on!

torquestripe: Oh, the model citizen also plead guilty to burglary of a vehicle on Dec 11 of last year.
I'm sure this type of behavior was so out of character for him.

Of course it's natural to progress from burglary of a vehicle to homicide....

If he actually gets an 8 year sentence, he'll be out in two years.

He'll probably get a suspended sentence and learn nothing from the whole thing.

He was old enough to know better.... no excuse.

He should have parents that would've beat the stupid out of him after such a stunt.

don't understand: Ron Paul Revere: NINE ELEVEN CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!ONELEVEN1111

They won.

A bullet in the head?

Im thinking 9/11 had less to do with this.. Then Maybe Columbine And VT..But that doesnt fit the I hate Bush Fark world.