Another teenage girl gets canned for murder!

**Zuberi** · 12th-March-2010

Sixteen-year-old girl pleads guilty to manslaughter. Presumably, if the perp had been male, 18 years for murder would not have been too much. Excerpt:
'Facing life in prison if her case went to trial, a 16-year-old girl admits she shot a man in the head after some sort of fight last June on Conkey Avenue.
Jessica Arnold was supposed to go on trial next week. The victim was Lamont Smith.
This morning, Arnold pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. The reason being, her lawyer said, they didn't want to take the risk of going to trial. Arnold would have been tried as an adult on charges of murder and she could have faced up to life in prison if convicted.
On June 13, 2009, Arnold shot and killed 33-year-old Lamont Smith on Conkey Avenue during an argument. Arnold's attorney says there was a crowd, and that she fired in self-defense but prosecutors say that's not the case.
Arnold's attorney talked to News 10NBC about his client accepting 18 years in prison. Arnold's attorney Andre Vitale spoke with her family after the court appearance. Defense attorney Andre Vitale said, “That's such a huge number, especially for a 16-year-old girl. She's going to spend almost as long in state prison as she has alive. And it's really tough to resolve the case in that way but I really think that she has a chance after 15 years to get out and to really move on with her life.”'

**Marx** · 12th-March-2010

...I really think that she has a chance after 15 years to get out and to really move on with her life.”'

shame her victim can't.

**shaazam** · 12th-March-2010

yeah she may well move on but Lamont wont even twitch for forever n a day;

reminds me of a female psychopath who didn't like Mondays

**Rindfan** · 13th-March-2010

As usual, they manage to make the female involved sound like the victim.

"...take the risk of going to trial."

You shouldn't have shot the guy, you stupid cow! You shot a man in the head with a gun, and it sounds like it was deliberate. He died, it's murder.

"...self defence"

Glad the prosecutors blasted through that one. Makes a change...

At least she hasn't gotten off with only a couple of years. Assuming she's in for the full stretch - unlikely, but we can hope - it's still a long time. Heck, she'll even be young enough to raise a family or have a career. Isn't that the feminit dream?

She'll achieve everything they preach. She's removed a nasty man from the world, and she'll still be able to do everything when she gets out of prison and gets her 'I'm a poor victim, read my story' book deal...

**MadShangi** · 13th-March-2010

Why is it that when a girl shoots a man in the head, it's manslaughter? Explain that to me.

**Rindfan** · 13th-March-2010

Because boys are stupid and we should throw rocks at them.

If a girl shoots a man in the head, she's helping society, but of course it wasn't intentional.

**themanonthestreet** · 13th-March-2010

Love it. There was a crowd. As in witnesses?

So call the witnesses up to see if it was in fact "self defense". We already know why they did not.

Secondly, if there was a crowd, why did no one attempt to stop her?

Oh wait, we already know the answer to THAT question as well.

MadShangi,

It's know in the western world as the vee-jay-jay clause.

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