15 y/o gets 60 years in prison
This story came out last year and I knew nothing about it. At the time of the incident Sherman Burnett, Jr. was only 13 years old. He attacked and raped a 6 year old. He beat her so badly that he tore her ear off.
Something happened to this little boy and I suspect it has something to do with his home life. While Sherman Jr. was in jail awaiting trial, Sherman Sr. was also in jail on drug charges.
Being a parent is one of the most important responsibilties that an adult will ever have to manage. When you screw up as an adult it affects your children. How can a child do this? what was his home life like?
And the poor 6 ear old girl who endured this violent attack. I am glad that she is recovering well and I hope this won’t haunt her for the rest of her life.
Sherman Burnett jr. received the following sentence:
20 years for assault,
20 years for kidnapping,
10 years for sodomy, and
10 years for attempted sodomy.
He will eligible for parole when he is 66 years old
Blog world:
Is this sentence fair?
There are people who get less time for murder; why is that? (And I ask this question because I really don’t know. Are there any lawyers out there who can answer this one?)
I only wish they could investigate his parents to see what in the hell was going on in the household.
Filed under: News | Tagged: crime, juvenile, Sherman Burnett Jr.
I’ve spoken on this before. If hell were a physical place on Earth, he should go. He was a serial killing in the making. >Muah< Goodbye!
Judging strictly by the numbers and the fac that Missouri is a “voluntary” sentencing guidelines state, I would argue that he got more time because he had 4 separate charges. Four separate charges meant that there were 4 separate sentencing guideline minimums & maximums to consider. Opposingly, if someone was only charged with murder, there would only be 1 charge (mins & maxes) to consider. And if I read it correctly, the min & max for a capital murder charge (for example) is 30 years.
What a tragedy! I’m sick!
If this kid is this much of a sociopath right now, I don’t think he should EVER get out of prison.
We need to find out HOW he got that way.
let me guess…michael baisden and sharpton will get behind this boy to get his sentenced shortened… because the DA’s office threw the book at him.
or it isn’t his faught
WOW! 60 yrs. isn’t enough . . . that little girl was 6 years old. . . i can only imagine what she is and will go through. . . .lock his ass up and throw away the key! and while you’r e at it, find the parents–what the hell went wrong in this family (besdies the usual)?
Gioperation,
No, I don’t think that you will see or Michael Baisden or Sharpton opposing this sentence. They only stand up when the system is clearly unjust. This is a case of justice served for this young girl!
60 years is to much for a kid. all of you who say that its fair, go try and do 60 days. I bet you will have a different perspective then.
I bet most people in here don’t have the mangled psychology of this boy (i hope). So, we won’t be going to jail any time soon, for something like that anyway.
Last I knew, prison wasn’t supposed to be nice, so he’ll fit in just fine- don’t worry! : )
I don’t know about America but in Canada I found sentences are shorter. Honestly, this was a sick act and this kid needs help. This case should also be investigated more thoroughly to look at the reasons for why he did what he did but to me 60 years is too much.
First of all I don’t think people realize how long 60 years really is - it’s a long time. The judical system [and its jails] are designed not to lock away people but to help them think about what they did. So they may one day recover and return to society as a functioning member of it.
Next, despite the disguisting crime people who have committed murder have gotten less. I’m sure any one can back up this claim.
Finally, he was only 13. That’s grade 6-8. Maybe he had problems at home. Now he’s in jail until he’s 60 for some stupid thing he did as a child. We all do things we regret, sure its not up to his magnitude, but we learn from it and move on. People are dynamic. We, and he, are not the same person we are today [I'm 20] as when we were when 13. In my 7 years since 13 I have learned alot and changed as a person greatly and I guarantee I will continue to do so. And to me this kid will continue to regret, hopefully, his crime and if he does and is a good jail guy then personally I think he should be out by age 40-50.
Sorry if my thoughts were a bit incoherent. Thanks.
Dear God , please continue to bless that young girl in a mighty way, continue to heal her heart ,mind ,body, spirit and soul. But not just her, bless her family to be strong for her. Please bless that young man who allowed satan to influence him, Father , I plead the blood of Jesus for our children , satan is using children to destroy children.( future to destroy future) Father prayers are what have kept my generation and prayers are whats going to cover the next generation and future generations to come. Please people let’s P.U.S.H - . PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT DON’T JUST STOP WHEN THAT CHANGE COMES , WE MUST CONTINUE to pray for our grand children, great grand children, great great grandchildren and so on. Father hear are prayers, You said in your word that you would not leave nor forsake us, I plead the blood of Jesus on behalf of our children’s futures. Parents have faith, and believe That God an do anything but fail.