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After spending 8 years in prison, LaKeith Smith finally landed a resentencing hearing for his felony murder charge. The judge didn’t change much.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvj83a/alabama-lakeith-smith-resentencing
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LaKeith Smith is finally being resentenced. But he’ll face the same Alabama judge who sent him to prison for felony murder when cops killed his friend.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3gkj/alabama-lakeith-smith-possible-release
#News #LaKeithSmith #ALABAMA #prison #felonymurder #RACISM #JUSTICE #A'DonteWashington #police -
I’d seen this shiny new LEGO set several weeks ago and I was interested, but I first made sure I could afford it, I let some time pass so that it wouldn’t be a impulse purchase turned regret later, I wasn’t even sure I deserved to spend money on myself. Today, I decided to buy it, after work and chores, as a treat, but I quickly found out that it was out of stock.
I was bummed because I thought I had done the responsible thing and was penalized for it, and then I read the story of Alabama black teenager #LakeithSmith .
Last year he was sentenced to 65 years in prison after rejecting a guilty plea deal. Among others, he was charged under Alabama’s murder felony law with the murder of his friend A’Donte Washington who was shot by the police during a confrontation following a burglary Smith also took part in. 15 years old at the time, Smith was still tried as an adult and punished for rejecting the plea deal for a murder he certainly didn’t commit.
And while it didn’t make me feel better regarding my aborted purchase plan, it certainly put it in perspective.
#racism #police #justice
Lakeith Smith Gets 65 Years for Death of 16-Year-Old Killed by Police -