Comments on: Jury Recommends 27 Year Sentence for Javon Martin

By: Mr. Joe

Mr. Joe — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:58:20 +0000

Actually, Javon is the one who performed the killing. That’s why they let his cousin take the deal.

By: Backseat Lawyer

Backseat Lawyer — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:23:51 +0000

After three hours, the jury said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. They were sent back three times to deliberate. My guess is half the jury still thought he wasn’t guilty, but they compromised by convicting him and giving him the minimum sentence.

By: Egg, Meet Face

Egg, Meet Face — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:25:34 +0000

Ha! Buckingham Bandit goes out of his way to shame someone else (even providing a wikipedia link as support) when the Bandit himself fails to comprehend the very first sentence of the article.

Might want to take a deep breath before calling someone else out on the ARLNow message boards. Good lesson in life generally as well.

By: Juror from the Past

Juror from the Past — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:13:13 +0000

Coming from the mouth and mind of someone that served as a juror on a murder trial a few years back in Los Angeles County, deliberations for these things are horrendous. If 27 years is what the jury recommends, I can only imagine the debates, emotions, research, fact-checking, and sweat that those jurors went through to come up with that number, I , as a citizen, stand by their decision. They came to that number for a reason, and those reasons are solid.

Support the jury – they went through hell dealing with this, and it wasn’t even their choice in the first place.

By: What's Taters

What's Taters — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:28:36 +0000

Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew. Nowhere does it mention twice deep frying.

By: fedworker

fedworker — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:46:39 +0000

Speaking of jail time. What ever happened to Trev? The jury recommended 40 days. He did the crime but did he do the time?

By: bobbytiger

bobbytiger — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:23:20 +0000

I’ll see your 27, and raise you another 27.

By: KImmie

KImmie — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:19:33 +0000

Are you really nauseated, or just being a drama queen?

By: Polk

Polk — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:18:09 +0000

He can be released after serving 85% of his sentence, if deemed to have served with “good behavior”. He’ll probably get that, most do, to reduce prison population, so he’s got 23 years to serve. He’ll be out before he’s 50. Hopefully he’ll be reformed and live a productive life thereafter. This is difficult, as he’ll have been out of the workforce for 23 years, with a murder conviction that shows up on job applications.

By: Boone

Boone — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:49:08 +0000

Forget it, he’s rolling.