A teenage girl accused of bullying a 16-year-old autistic boy pleaded "responsible" to a pair of misdemeanor charges on Thursday after her case was transferred from adult to juvenile court.
A "responsible" plea is the juvenile equivalent of a "guilty" plea in adult court. Appearing in a county court in Leonardtown, Maryland, the 17-year-old girl entered the plea to the charges of second-degree assault and distribution of an obscene video.
The defendant was originally charged with false imprisonment, child pornography solicitation and first-degree assault stemming from abuses she and the victim's 15-year-old girlfriend inflicted on the boy, including holding him at knifepoint, forcing him to walk on a frozen lake and attempting to force him to have sex with his family dog. If she had been convicted of those charges in adult criminal court, the teen could have faced up to 80 years in prison.
The teen will be released from juvenile detention on or before her 21st birthday.
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Where are all of the mysterious prisons? Are they in an alternate universe,because they certainly don't exist in the here and now.Imagine a court making an 80 year commitment with negative cell space for this.Why does everyone "face" so much time and never ever get it? Because there's no room at the Inn.More prisons need to be built.
ReplyDeleteshe is well on her way to being an excellent manipulator
ReplyDeleteThe autistic are often preyed upon and are the perfect victims of crime as they typically have communication difficulty. I am disappointed to see this judgement.
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