Scum! :mad:
I'm glad the judge gave his client four extra years.
http://nypost.com/2013/12/06/hey-she-was-just-a-ho-sick-bid-by-killers-lawyer/
QuoteHey, she was just a ho: Sick bid by killer's lawyer
By Christina Carrega-Woodby
December 6, 2013 | 6:16am
Hey, she was just a ho: Sick bid by killer's lawyer
Crime
In a bizarre courtroom speech, a Queen defense attorney said the life of a murdered transgender prostitute wasn't worth much — and argued that her convicted killer shouldn't be punished as if he had killed someone "in the higher end of the community."
"A sentence of 25 years to life is an incredibly long period of time judge," John Scarpa said Thursday as he asked a judge to go easy on his client, Rasheen Everett, for killing hooker Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar in 2010.
"Shouldn't that be reserved for people who are guilty of killing certain classes of individuals?"
Then, taking callousness to a new level, he said: "Who is the victim in this case? Is the victim a person in the higher end of the community?"
Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter scolded Scarpa as he sentenced Everett to 29 years in prison.
"This court believes every human life in sacred," he said. "It's not easy living as a transgender, and I commend the family for supporting her."
Everett, 32, was convicted of strangling Gonzalez-Andujar last month. They had met through an ad, and he was allegedly shocked to find she had male genitalia.
Throughout the proceedings, Scarpa stunned the victim's family as he detailed her sexual past.
"Amanda was engaged in a life of prostitution, life of drug use, HIV exposure," Sharpa said. "She was having sex with other individuals knowing she had the chance of spreading diseases."
The shameless Everett even chuckled throughout the emotional testimony of the victim's brother, Ruben Andujar.
"The pain my family feels is unbearable," Ruben had said. "It's all like a nightmare, and I'm still waiting to wake up."
Butcher blasted Everett, who declined to speak when the judge gave him the chance.
"The defendant is coldhearted and violent menace to society," he said.
Everett winked at loved ones in court before he was taken away.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 10, 2013, 12:10:33 AM
I'm glad the judge gave his client four extra years.
If he changed the sentence after the lawyer's comment, that sounds like grounds for appeal.
The lawyer saw an old Mitt Romney bumper sticker on the judges car and thought the class warfare thing might work.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 10, 2013, 12:17:41 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 10, 2013, 12:10:33 AM
I'm glad the judge gave his client four extra years.
If he changed the sentence after the lawyer's comment, that sounds like grounds for appeal.
Probably had more to do with this
"The shameless Everett even chuckled throughout the emotional testimony of the victim's brother, Ruben Andujar."
QuoteYou know, we've had a lot of laughs tonight, but I'll tell you what's not funny - killing strippers. Strippers are people, too. Naked people who may be willing to pleasure you for a price you negotiate later behind a curtain in a VIP room. Besides, there's no need to kill 'em. 'Cause most of them are already dead inside.
Worth a shot.
This isn't really believable, is it?
I mean, surely there is more to this story - there is no way any lawyer could possibly think such a line of argument could have anything other than a negative effect.
Quote from: Berkut on December 10, 2013, 12:50:59 AM
This isn't really believable, is it?
I mean, surely there is more to this story - there is no way any lawyer could possibly think such a line of argument could have anything other than a negative effect.
Looks like a direct quote, I know it's a the Post, but you'd think they could at least get that right.
Quote from: Berkut on December 10, 2013, 12:50:59 AM
This isn't really believable, is it?
I mean, surely there is more to this story - there is no way any lawyer could possibly think such a line of argument could have anything other than a negative effect.
I can't find any other sources for this other than the NY Post, everything else references the posts... It sure looks suspicious.
Quote from: Berkut on December 10, 2013, 12:50:59 AM
This isn't really believable, is it?
I mean, surely there is more to this story - there is no way any lawyer could possibly think such a line of argument could have anything other than a negative effect.
I've seen some pretty stupid lines of defence submitted. In particular by a legal aid attorney with little time to prepare.