Prosecutors Seek 'Maximum' Term in Assault Outside Gay Bar

[MountainLaurel]

The gay panic defense strikes again. :banghead:

Robert Hannah, 19, was originally arrested on the more serious charge of manslaughter in the death of Tony R. Hunter, 37. But he was indicted only on a charge of simple assault, a decision that prompted controversy. He is to be sentenced Oct. 14.

In a memorandum that became public Monday, calling for the maximum sentence, the U.S. attorney's office cited Hannah's "unjustified actions,'' which it said set in motion events that led to Hunter's death.

It also said that since being arrested in the Sept. 7, 2008, incident near Eighth and N streets NW, Hannah was charged with shoplifting and "has repeatedly shown disregard for his court-imposed obligations and the criminal justice system."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092203802.html

[mitchtv]

1. Kill a Gay

get charged with assault, typical. He'll be out in no time. Remember this one?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x78212

three years

[imdjh]

3. I actually get that you can intend to hurt without intending to kill.

That's why we have manslaughter delineated from first degree murder. It's no comfort to the family of the victim that the perp didn't intend to kill, but society is supposed to be more objective, and the law does distinguish between a cold blooded murder and a unintended death resulting from a deliberate act.

But six months? That's just wrong. Someone needs to explain how this could happen.

[mitchtv]

5. BUT NOT EVEN MANSLAUGHTER

simple assault equals no responsibility for the death , manslaughter at least recognizes a death occurred

[imdjh]

2. Something doesn't make sense here. Is Hannah a police informant or connected or something?

You really think it's the gay panic defense in play here?

[imdjh]

4. He was arrested a year ago, and won't be sentenced until Oct. 14? What the fuck?

They must have made him some kind of deal where he goes out and does his dirtbag thing while tipping them off. After all , the queer is already dead, nothing will bring him back. Right?

Where is Hunter's family in all of this? Something isn't right. Something huge isn't right.

[sspeilbergfan90]

6. Fucking bullshit this is

[imdjh]

7. Maybe since they are both black, the cops just figure it's in the family.

Like the good old days when black people could kill each other as long as they kept it in Colored Town. Except, back then, everyone from the cops to the courts were white, so it was white people not giving a shit about black people killing each other. Now it's black people not caring?

[Libertas1776]

8. Let me guess

he also gorged himself on Twinkies and Coca Cola the night before :sarcasm: Fucking asshole.

[ThomCat]

9. How the fuck is it legal to reduce the charge to assault when someone died!

:wtf:

He is going to get six month in jail for killing someone. Tell me he wouldn't have spent years in jail if he killed someone straight. :grr:

I hope the local community is up in arms about this.