Comments on: Brandon Betts Is Disrespectful To Adults http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/ True crime, all the time Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:07:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: tutkill http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-94593 tutkill Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:54:37 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-94593 update- http://www.jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-03-23/story/brunswick_teen_takes_plea_in_stepfathers_slaying A 15-year-old boy who was to have been tried for murder this week in his stepfather’s shooting death pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter. Under the plea agreement, Brandon Betts, who was 14 in December 2007 when he shot 37-year-old Louis Hall Jr. to death, will serve 10 years in prison and undergo mental health counseling. He had been charged with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault and was to have been tried as an adult. Had he been convicted, he could have been sentenced to life in prison. His lawyer, John Thigpen, said the uncertainty of a jury finding left him unwilling to take a chance. update-
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-03-23/story/brunswick_teen_takes_plea_in_stepfathers_slaying
A 15-year-old boy who was to have been tried for murder this week in his stepfather’s shooting death pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter.

Under the plea agreement, Brandon Betts, who was 14 in December 2007 when he shot 37-year-old Louis Hall Jr. to death, will serve 10 years in prison and undergo mental health counseling.
He had been charged with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault and was to have been tried as an adult. Had he been convicted, he could have been sentenced to life in prison. His lawyer, John Thigpen, said the uncertainty of a jury finding left him unwilling to take a chance.

]]> By: Wonder http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5643 Wonder Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5643 honestly i still don't understand "charging as an adult" kids are kids - 17 yr olds ok i buy that - but 14 is a child They usually get released at 21 or 25 but are they kept with juvenilles or put in general population prisons with Men? off topic I do remember my dad - (who didn't even drink alcohol except hot tottys when he would occasionally get a cold.) wonder about legal age to purchase alcohol - he said you can vote and be drafted to war. He felt it was odd you could serve your country in the military but couldn't consume alcohol. To me its always been puzzling - Because I thought I clearly understood anyone under age 18 was a Child honestly i still don’t understand “charging as an adult”

kids are kids – 17 yr olds ok i buy that – but 14 is a child
They usually get released at 21 or 25 but are they kept with juvenilles or put in general population prisons with Men?

off topic I do remember my dad – (who didn’t even drink alcohol except hot tottys when he would occasionally get a cold.) wonder about legal age to purchase alcohol – he said you can vote and be drafted to war. He felt it was odd you could serve your country in the military but couldn’t consume alcohol.

To me its always been puzzling – Because I thought I clearly understood anyone under age 18 was a Child

]]> By: Wonder http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5640 Wonder Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:43:03 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5640 gun locks are now given out free be a responible gun owner haha guns and trailer parks a very bad combo. what gives them the right to speculate this comment? No. It was over time, a buildup over time,” said Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering. gun locks are now given out free
be a responible gun owner
haha guns and trailer parks a very bad combo.

what gives them the right to speculate this comment?

No. It was over time, a buildup over time,” said Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering.

]]> By: Hippiepoet http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5628 Hippiepoet Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:29:13 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5628 Was there any history of abuse from the stepfather? Could the kid have been dealing with years of abuse? No, it's not an excuse for what he did, but I'm trying to figure out, what the fuck possessed this kid to go off like that, so quickly. Shitfire, I think about some of the other kids and the crap they do, and I guess my question is pretty damn dumb. Fucking people are just plain ass cruel. Peace. Was there any history of abuse from the stepfather? Could the kid have been dealing with years of abuse? No, it’s not an excuse for what he did, but I’m trying to figure out, what the fuck possessed this kid to go off like that, so quickly.
Shitfire, I think about some of the other kids and the crap they do, and I guess my question is pretty damn dumb. Fucking people are just plain ass cruel.
Peace.

]]> By: Athena http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5615 Athena Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5615 "Dumbasses rule the world it seems." Indeed...but at the rate they keep offing themselves and their offspring, we may be saved, afterall. “Dumbasses rule the world it seems.”

Indeed…but at the rate they keep offing themselves and their offspring, we may be saved, afterall.

]]> By: kw http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5610 kw Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:37:36 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5610 You're right, Athena. A tragedy like this is statistically improbable, but it happens often enough, and with severe enough consequences (another recent example is Morbid's posting about the rapper who was accidently shot and killed by a 3-year old), that adults "should" be more careful. I have a child, and I have a gun, and I make sure the two are kept separated. But I'm preaching to the choir, I know. Dumbasses rule the world it seems. You’re right, Athena. A tragedy like this is statistically improbable, but it happens often enough, and with severe enough consequences (another recent example is Morbid’s posting about the rapper who was accidently shot and killed by a 3-year old), that adults “should” be more careful. I have a child, and I have a gun, and I make sure the two are kept separated. But I’m preaching to the choir, I know. Dumbasses rule the world it seems.

]]> By: Athena http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5591 Athena Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:22:36 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5591 Oh, I don't know, kw. Hundreds of thousands of homes across America keep guns easily accessible. Very few have a child shoot themselves or someone else. Depending on the state, give this kid 2 more years and he could have owned his own rifle. Oh, I don’t know, kw. Hundreds of thousands of homes across America keep guns easily accessible. Very few have a child shoot themselves or someone else. Depending on the state, give this kid 2 more years and he could have owned his own rifle.

]]> By: kw http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5585 kw Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:27:44 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5585 Gotta wonder about adults who leave guns easily accessible to children in their home. Good grief. Gotta wonder about adults who leave guns easily accessible to children in their home. Good grief.

]]> By: impqueen http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5579 impqueen Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:03:32 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5579 Note to self: keep Red Rider Daisy BB Gun away from kid once he reaches puberty. Note to self: keep Red Rider Daisy BB Gun away from kid once he reaches puberty.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5578 Kathy Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:01:21 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5578 Damn. I guess he had had enough... Damn. I guess he had had enough…

]]> By: warrman69 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5575 warrman69 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:55:32 +0000 http://www.dreamindemon.com/2007/12/20/brandon-betts-is-disrespectful-to-adults/#comment-5575 You have to ask yourself what makes kids snap like this? I sure there is a lot more to this story. I know that my step mom was really really mean to my sisters and I, but nice as pie to her own kids. You have to ask yourself what makes kids snap like this? I sure there is a lot more to this story. I know that my step mom was really really mean to my sisters and I, but nice as pie to her own kids.

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