Season 4: Good-bye Ben Stone

[txhorns79]

On 7/6/2023 at 11:14 AM, Xeliou66 said:

Yeah Born Bad is a tragic case, both killer and victim came from such rough backgrounds and the murder was a senseless dispute over a small amount of money. It’s a good episode, and it was interesting how the killer wound up believing his lawyer’s defense and wanted to be locked up for life. Ben may have been right that he was pleading for the wrong reason but Adam was correct in telling him to take the plea.

It was a sad episode.  Between his lawyer and Stone, the kid was convinced he was irredeemable.  The kid had serious psychological problems, even if he knew what he was doing when he killed the other kid (and obviously had a history of violence).  It was the kind of case where I hope the judge accepted the plea, but changed the terms of the sentence to where he was significantly punished for what he had done, but there was still some hope for him.   

[andromeda331]

3 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

It was a sad episode.  Between his lawyer and Stone, the kid was convinced he was irredeemable.  The kid had serious psychological problems, even if he knew what he was doing when he killed the other kid (and obviously had a history of violence).  It was the kind of case where I hope the judge accepted the plea, but changed the terms of the sentence to where he was significantly punished for what he had done, but there was still some hope for him.   

Poor kid. It wasn't just his lawyer and Stone. But also his sorry excuse for a mother and beaten by her mom's boyfriend. And that he had a father and uncle (?) in prison. I really do hope he gets better and goes get a second chance.