11-24-2012, 12:28 PM
I think the sentence in this case was a good one.
Yeah, Wallace was a minor when he raped and killed the 5 year old, but she didn't die accidently. She died because she was suffocated while being raped. Wallace tried to cover the crime, lied to police, and reportedly tapes reflect no remorse on his part.
If one is so heartless and selfish at the age 16 that he is willing to degrade and snuff the life out of a defenseless child, he is a danger to society for the rest of his life, imo. I am glad he didn't get the death penalty due to his age; maybe with time he'll learn to feel and understand the devastation that his actions caused. But, even if he doesn't, he'll never have a chance to repeat those actions on innocent civilians again. He's where he belongs, til he dies.
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RIP, sweet girl
P.s. Duchess, regarding multiple charges - as Six said, there are often several laws broken during the course of the same crime. Prosecutors often charge all of them separately, as they should, imo.
If the judge or jury doesn't feel there is evidence enough to convict on the highest charges, they can convict on the lesser charges. If Casey Anthony, for example, hadn't been charged with lying to police and convicted only of that crime, she'd have no criminal conviction on her record and I could see her and her attorney having tried to sue OC PD for unlawful incarceration or some such crap for the nearly 3 years she spent in jail leading up to trial. Just one example. JMO...
Yeah, Wallace was a minor when he raped and killed the 5 year old, but she didn't die accidently. She died because she was suffocated while being raped. Wallace tried to cover the crime, lied to police, and reportedly tapes reflect no remorse on his part.
If one is so heartless and selfish at the age 16 that he is willing to degrade and snuff the life out of a defenseless child, he is a danger to society for the rest of his life, imo. I am glad he didn't get the death penalty due to his age; maybe with time he'll learn to feel and understand the devastation that his actions caused. But, even if he doesn't, he'll never have a chance to repeat those actions on innocent civilians again. He's where he belongs, til he dies.
RIP, sweet girl
P.s. Duchess, regarding multiple charges - as Six said, there are often several laws broken during the course of the same crime. Prosecutors often charge all of them separately, as they should, imo.
If the judge or jury doesn't feel there is evidence enough to convict on the highest charges, they can convict on the lesser charges. If Casey Anthony, for example, hadn't been charged with lying to police and convicted only of that crime, she'd have no criminal conviction on her record and I could see her and her attorney having tried to sue OC PD for unlawful incarceration or some such crap for the nearly 3 years she spent in jail leading up to trial. Just one example. JMO...