USC shooter breaks down in tears after getting 40 years to life

[Vanille]

USC shooter breaks down in tears after getting 40 years to life

A man convicted of attempted murder for opening fire on a rival gang member on the USC campus, injuring four, sobbed uncontrollably in court Friday after he was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.

At one point, sheriff's deputies had to restrain Brandon Spencer as he banged his head on the defense table. He was convicted in February of four counts of attempted murder for the 2012 shooting, the first at the campus in decades.

While prosecutors argued that Spencer should serve his four terms consecutively, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr. ordered Spencer to serve his sentences concurrently, which means he will eventually be eligible for parole.

Through tears, Spencer, 21, asked Clarke to give him a second chance at life.

“I’m sorry for what happened but I can’t spend the rest of my life in prison,” Spencer said. “I’m not just some gang-banger that they portrayed me as.”

Prosecutors said Spencer opened fire on a rival gang member as retribution for a shooting that had left Spencer wounded a year earlier.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Antonella Nistorescu said Spencer arrived at a crowded Halloween party on the USC campus, identified a member of a Crips-affiliated gang, left and returned with a gun. Spencer shot at Geno Hall, 22, and continued firing as Hall fled and the crowd scattered, Nistorescu said. Hall and three others were wounded by the gunfire.

In asking for consecutive sentences, Nistorescu said in court Friday that Spencer showed no regard for the crowd of people while targeting Hall.

“The fact that no one died here is luck,” Nistorescu told the judge.
Defense attorney John Blanchard asked Clarke to consider Hall’s role in aggravating the incident. He added that Spencer was employed, working on attending college and had no criminal record.

Nearly 50 family members and friends packed the courtroom. Many of them had written letters to the judge before the sentencing vouching for Spencer’s character and asking for leniency.

“I love all y’all!” Spencer yelled to the gallery when the hearing ended.

Clarke said he disagreed with imposing consecutive sentences because it would have been equivalent to the punishment for killing all four victims.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79954402/

 

[yureeka9]

Re: USC shooter Breaks Down When Sentenced to 40 Years in Shooting at USC Party

I've always found it amazing how a muthafucka can revert back to an almost infantile state when faced with the punishment for crimes that they undoubtedly committed in the most testosterone fueled mindset. That tells me that they were just bitches in disguise. If they're gonna do state time they better shed that look quick, fast and in a damn hurry because other lifers will peep it right away.

 

[JerZ]

 

[PrettyToney]

Can't do the time, don't do the crime...

 

[jack walsh13]

Fuck him. Hope he cries himself to sleep every night.

 

[Breezy]

what happened to the dude that shot him in the first place ...?!?





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[Black A. Camus]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

 

[SPECTRE1]

When you are that young getting a sentence like that is much worse. Sometimes you are have to ignore or avoid the bullshit that will bring you down.

 

[RoadRage]

Can't do the time, don't do the crime...

People who do dumb shit like this, usually aren't thinking... They are mad, spaz out, get caught up in emotions, then when they calm down, they are like, "its not me, Im not a bad guy, I made a mistake..
But unlike T.V., movies and music, this is life where there is no reset button..

 

[gene cisco]

So the cat gets shot and survives and now wants a second chance at life? He had a second chance at life already. Busting into crowds. The worst type of 'gangster'. Type who kills and maims innocent bystanders.

 

[Brother Blues]

Maybe,just maybe...the next dumb ass-bucket will think before pulling the trigger.

But I doubt it...

Wonder if that video has made it up to his next home...probably,and he will be tested.

 

[RoadRage]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

He is charged with 4 counts of attempted murder with ten years a pop. I wonder if he was offered and turned down a deal.

by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated.

What is it, are jails making money off of them (slave labor ) or losing tax money by housing them.
The reason why I ask because I hear both sides of the argument being pumped around all the time.

 

[The Technician]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

Man fuck him. He could have killed innocent people. He deserves his sentence. Let him get rehabilitated and stay his rehabilitated ass in prison, helping others to become rehabilitated.

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[SPECTRE1]

His crime was shooting people around the campus, a big no no. If he had done it somewhere else, than it would be an unsolved murder. There are people that are pure garbage, you have to keep them away from you, at the start.

You don't want nothing to do with them and you don't want them near you at all.

 

[thundercat]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

He'll be eligible for parole in 15 years plus the judge gave him credit for time served(614 days), so it's actually closer to 13. Fuck him, but since he'll eventually be back on the streets, I hope he at least gets his degree and learns something while inside. I don't give passes for niggas shooting into random crowds. It never ends well. If you have serious beef with someone...go see that someone. He got what he had coming to him....I just wish other ethnicities got what they had coming to them too

 

[Black A. Camus]

Man fuck him. He could have killed innocent people. He deserves his sentence. Let him get rehabilitated and stay his rehabilitated ass in prison, helping others to become rehabilitated.

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If he would have killed someone that would have changed everything. In that case, I wouldn't have any sympathy for him; and I wouldn't care how much time he got. But no one died.

 

[HotNixon36]

If he would have killed someone that would have changed everything. In that case, I wouldn't have any sympathy for him; and I wouldn't care how much time he got. But no one died.

True, that sentence was excessive as hell.

 

[Black A. Camus]

He'll be eligible for parole in 15 years plus the judge gave him credit for time served(614 days), so it's actually closer to 13. Fuck him, but since he'll eventually be back on the streets, I hope he at least gets his degree and learns something while inside. I don't give passes for niggas shooting into random crowds. It never ends well. If you have serious beef with someone...go see that someone. He got what he had coming to him....I just wish other ethnicities got what they had coming to them too

15 years is a little long. But considering what he did I don't consider that length completely unreasonable. What he did was stupid, but he's probably poor and couldn't afford the defense an affluent person would have had.

I'm only speculating, (I don't feel like searching for and reading his case) however, it's not unlikely that he's afflicted with a mental illness. If he is, do you think he could afford psychologists to evaluate and testify in court on his behalf? Moreover, considering how much he was paid, how vigorously do you think his attorney pursued that defense? That's my beef with the criminal justice system.

If he was affluent, and could afford a top notch legal team to defend him, he would have received a lesser sentence. Granted, he committed a crime, and deserves to be punished. However, the sentencing disparity between the affluent and impoverished is too great to ignore. A rich white kid would have received less time for the same crime and everyone here knows it.

 

[comment101]

If he would have killed someone that would have changed everything. In that case, I wouldn't have any sympathy for him; and I wouldn't care how much time he got. But no one died.

But, he intended to kill someone. He just missed...

 

[crazyace718]

He should have told the cops who shot him in the first place.

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[crazyace718]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

Or he can come out and kill again.... I guess it's no big deal you're just gambling with an innocent persons life potentially.

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[Black A. Camus]

What is it, are jails making money off of them (slave labor ) or losing tax money by housing them.
The reason why I ask because I hear both sides of the argument being pumped around all the time.

The last I read, it costs around $50,000 a year to house a single inmate. Private prisons still have those expenses; however, they get government contracts to do everything from building office furniture, to making eye wear.

Private prisons pay their inmates virtually nothing for the labor they provide. So, they have huge profit margins from contracts. After they deduct the cost of housing their inmates from their contract earnings, and factor in the tax breaks they get, they make money.

 

[MadWun]

HIM

 

[MrBee]

If he would have killed someone that would have changed everything. In that case, I wouldn't have any sympathy for him; and I wouldn't care how much time he got. But no one died.

So you have sympathy for him because he had bad aim?

 

[Brother Blues]

So you have sympathy for him because he had bad aim?

 

[crackheadlou]

No one died, so he deserves a second chance at life. Besides punishment, and deterrence, one of the purposes of criminal law is to rehabilitate. That young man is only 21 years old. If a 21 year old can't be rehabilitated then our criminal law system is irreparable.

I'm not saying that he shouldn't spend a considerable amount of his life in jail for his crimes. However, there is no need to take his life away, by making him spend the majority of it prison, which will cost society--i.e., tax payers--a considerable amount of money, if he can be rehabilitated. While he serves his time, he can be counseled, and trained to be a productive member of society. Moreover, he can learn a trade. If after 10 years, or so, a parole board determines he's fit to return to society then he should be released.

I agree AS LONG AS his prior criminal history does not indicate a history of violent behavior or serious criminal acts.

 

[RepostKing]

fuck that nigga. Society is beyond sick of these gun toting thugs. And shooting in a crowd makes him a domestic terrorist in my book. Fuck him and his family. Jerk off nigga when the CO's aint lookin. I wish I knew his girl. I might even write him a letter saying bye nigga, glad u off the streets. When I die I'll know you wont be able to hurt my kids too.

 

[Winslow Wong]

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[Nobody]

He should've hit his target, miss innocents and rid us of two gangbangers.

 

[Black A. Camus]

Or he can come out and kill again.... I guess it's no big deal you're just gambling with an innocent persons life potentially.

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Either you believe in rehabilitation or you don't. Moreover, the recidivism rate for murderers is really low (below 2% I think). When you factor that in with the parole board's review of the inmate's behavior during the time he was incarcerated, and the prison counselor's assessment of the inmate, I think that fear of recidivism, alone, is an insufficient reason to deny some people a second chance.

 

[RoadRage]

The last I read, it costs around $50,000 a year to house a single inmate. Private prisons still have those expenses; however, they get government contracts to do everything from building office furniture, to making eye wear.

Private prisons pay their inmates virtually nothing for the labor they provide. So, they have huge profit margins from contracts. After they deduct the cost of housing their inmates from their contract earnings, and factor in the tax breaks they get, they make money.

In reality there is no money actually made, these prisons are being funded by the goverment who rather the private sector house them so they don't have to obey by federal labor laws.. In NYC they did the same thing with the group homes, by privatizing them, they were not obligated to paying city workers, their wages, unions and heath plans..
As I said before, its more of an attack on the the American workers rather than a way for the cities to actually make money...
While they are not spending the money they were with state prisons, they are still spending money and not making it, so it serves no economic advantage for any state to have a high population of incineration population.
In reality most city and states are not aggressive against crime for profit, they are aggressive due to bond ratting and political pressure (usually from the right and racist).
If your going to fight the good fight, its important that you know the facts and are informed with correct information...

 

[The Pope]

tough break nigga

 

[D-TOWN REP]

No sympathy for dudes out there recklessly killing for little or no reason

Some in prison have been wronged by either being innocent or oversentenced

I wouldn't put this dude in that category

 

[Vanille]

 

[Ruff Ryder]

Typical bitchmade muhfucka hiding behind a gun and a gang.