WA: teen manslaughter judge - "Justice is sometimes a very elusive thing"
From the Seattle P-I:
No prison for teen who shot stepbrother - After hearing from youth's backers, judge shows leniency
Confounding expectations and ignoring the wishes of prosecutors, a judge Friday spared 16-year-old Jordan Jantoc from prison time in the fatal shooting of his stepbrother and instead sentenced the teen to two years of electronic home-monitoring...
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What a fantastic judge. Too bad there are not more judges who think about what they are truly likely to accomplish in sentencing, particularly of young defendants.
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