Five teenage boys were charged with second degree murder after throwing about twenty rocks over an overpass in Genesee county Michigan. The rocks that were thrown over the side of the interstate 75 overpass weighed close to about twenty pounds.. The rock killed a 32 year old man of the name Kenneth white. Kenneth was on his way home from work when his truck was stuck with rocks that broke through his windshield smashing him in the face, and causing fractures in his skull. The teenage boys are to be sentenced to the rest of their life in prison.
What would you do if your friends pressured you into throwing rocks over an overpass knowing that its dangerous for you and the people driving.?
If you were the judge would you sentenced the boys to life in prison or how long should they be in prison?
I'd just simple tell them that i have better things to do then throw rocks over a bridge and try to hit cars.
Id have them sentenced to life in prison because they took the life of someone they probably didn't know as "just a prank".
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I would never throw rocks (especially such a large amount) over an overpass because that is incredibly stupid and irresponsible. Don't people have better things to do?? I think that the boys should defiantly be punished because what they did was wrong, and it ultimately killed an innocent person. They should also go to a facility for troubled youth or something because that is honestly really messed up.
I really hope that I wouldn't throw the rocks because it's just not responsible. It's hard to decide, but I guess that I wouldn't sentence them to life in prison because they still have so much of their life ahead of them, and I believe that everyone deserves a second chance.
If i was on the overpass with friends and they tried to pressure me into throwing rocks over the side, knowing it could hurt someone, I would like to believe that I would leave and not get myself into trouble like the other kids.
I would not throw rocks over a busy interstate because of the exact reason that they went to prison for. I especially wouldn't throw 20 pound rocks from a high place. I think since they are just kids they shouldn't have that long in prison but they do need to spend at least a couple years in prison and a correctional facility.
i wouldn't throw rocks because of something like this i don't want to be charged with second degree murder.
i wold sentence them ti life in prison because they killed someone playing around with rocks and perilously dropping them over the side fully knowing that they could hurt someone