wanna know why i don't support the death penalty? coz white boys get away w/ murder

[KG]

edit to add: (i mean other than the fact than capital punishment in immoral)

2 get 5 years for fatal Seton Hall fire

NEWARK, N.J. - Two former roommates who set a dormitory fire that killed three students at Seton Hall University were sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

A plea bargain spared Joseph T. LePore and Sean Ryan, both 26, from facing more than 30 years in prison if they had been convicted in a trial. They could be eligible for parole in 16 months.

LePore and Ryan, who said the fire seven years ago resulted from "a prank that got out of hand," apologized to the victims' families.

"There's nothing I can really say to take away your pain," LePore said.

"I want you to know I am very, very sorry for your losses," Ryan said. "I hope you can move on."

Alvaro Llanos, a student horribly burned in the blaze, and Frank Caltabilota Sr., the father of one of those who died, said that at this point, no apology would be good enough.

"I can't see myself ever forgiving these two kids for starting this fire," Llanos wrote in a letter that was read in court. "They should have been man enough to bang on doors and save everyone's life. Instead, they ran away like the cowards they are."

MORE>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070126/ap_on_re_us/seton_hall_fire_9

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Sounds like manslaughter.

:shrug:

[ThomCat]

2. They killed people. They maimed people.

Yes, it was careless negligence, not malice. But they're still responsible. And you're right that this outcome would have been radically different if they had not been white.
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[Solo_in_MD]

3. Ahhh, it wasn't murder

Murder requires intent (exception being felony murder rule)