Slog - Comments on Adult to Be Sentenced as Juvenile http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile Donalydia Huertas was 17 when she gave her 16-year-old friend, Danielle McCarthy, ecstasy on December 31, 2006. Even though McCarthy began to show symptoms of an overdose—delirious, urinating, a seizure—her friends waited hours before taking her to a hospital in Edmonds, where she was pronounced dead. I wrote about the whole sordid story here, and here’s an excerpt about the penalties: In Washington, when a person dies from taking an illegal drug, the individual who supplied the drug has committed "controlled-substances homicide," according to a law passed in 1987. It's the equivalent of holding a gun dealer liable if someone... Copyright 2008 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:21:35 -0800 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:09:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bellevue Ave oh cmon Dominic, the callousness of suburbia towards life caused the death...

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101266 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:42:36 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle How do we know she isn't white?

I mean seriously, according to the NIH/NIA standards, the vast and overwhelming majority of Hispanics are White Hispanics, not Asian Hispanics or any of the other categories.

Besides, how can you be a "minority" when you represent a group that will be 52 percent of America by 2025?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101273 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:53 -0800 Comment by Pit Bull Dan COMMENT DELETED: Off-Topic/Spam

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]]> Pit Bull Dan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101275 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:48:18 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball My dear Holden,

As far as I'm concerned, this dumb girl should be quietly escorted out of the gene pool but -- and I have no facts at my fingertips here, I'm totally winging this -- my perception is that it *seems* that often juves are charged as adults, especially when the crime is as heinous as murder, rape, etc.

And I've never understood why that is. Is a child suddenly more mature because they've killed? Seems to me it's compelling evidence that they have not. Prosecutorial grandstanding? Maybe an eye for an eye / pound of flesh thing?

It seems strange that this is allowed to occur in the name of societal revenge, but I guess that's why they call them "guidelines."

Good day to you, sir.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101280 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:50:15 -0800 Comment by Non @2 Will in Seattle

It's 2042, not 2025
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afLRFXgzpFoY&refer=home


Idiot jerk

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101287 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:54:16 -0800 Comment by Vince Kids doing stupid things. Adults are the ones who should have more sense and not treat errors in judgement as a life sentence. There was no malice affore thought.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101538 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:06:12 -0800 Comment by Better than that hipster guy, right? S P A G H E T T I
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]]> Better than that hipster guy, right? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/adult_to_be_sentenced_as_juvenile#c1101597 Drugs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:09:18 -0800