First 48 Update - S4E2 Kids with Guns
I wanted to update this case because it bothers me.
Recap: 17 year old Ceasar Johnson was convicted in Memphis for shooting into a car, killing 2 teens and partially paralyzing another.
"A Shelby County Criminal Court jury convicted the defendant, Ceasar Johnson, of two counts of 1 voluntary manslaughter and one count of attempted voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to four and a half years on each of the voluntary manslaughter convictions and three years on the attempted voluntary manslaughter conviction to be served consecutively in the county workhouse, for an effective term of twelve years."
I get that he was a minor and he somehow pleaded down, but that seems hardly enough for killing 2 teens and completely changing the life of another. While he said it was it self defence and they pulled guns on him, there were zero guns in the car.
Update: In 2012 he murdered another guy also by shooting him in his car. I am all for rehabilitation, especially for teens, but cold blooded double murder of a 16 and 17 year old seems to hit differently. He just went out and did the same thing again. I work with youth with mental health issues and Im wondering how much psychiatric support he was given in the "Workhouse" before they let him go.