If I ever commit atempted murder, I hope the case is tried in Ma!!!

[Wrench75]

Only in Mass... A 19yr old shoots another 19 yr old in the chest and gets 6-9 in the state pen AND NO ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE!!! Un..... ****ing..... believable.... He went to the kids house "to fight" I'm sure knowing all the time that he was going to shoot him. Ridiculous.

Fall River man convicted of shooting another man in the chest - Fall River, MA - The Herald News

The one bright side is...

he is going to be verrrrrryyyyy popular in the state pen...

FALL RIVER —

A 19-year-old Fall River man has been convicted of shooting another man in the chest in broad daylight on a city street in April 2012.

On Wednesday, Dillon Silvester was sentenced by Judge Thomas Maguire to serve six to nine years in state prison following a six-day trial in Fall River Superior Court, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said.

Prosecutors had requested a 12- to 15-year sentence.

Jurors deliberated about four hours before convicting Silvester of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, possession of an illegal firearm, possession of a loaded illegal firearm and possession of ammunition without an F.I.D. Card.

Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter, in prepared remarks, took the occasion to praise his office’s “firm and unyielding policies” in prosecuting gun crimes.

“And whether it's urging courts to hold defendants charged with carrying illegal firearms on our streets be held without bail for 90 days, or urging courts to sentence defendants who have been convicted of shootings to a minimum of 10 years in state prison, or an assortment of other similar positions, these policies have changed the atmosphere throughout the county,” Sutter said.

On April 11, 2012 around 10:30 a.m., Silvester and a small group of women friends drove to the victim’s Barlow Street residence to engage in a fist fight with him and his friends, prosecutors said.

At some point after Silvester and his friends arrived at the house, the victim, 19, came outside and was confronted by Silvester, who brandished a small caliber revolver and fired one shot, striking the victim in the chest, prosecutors said.

Silvester fled the scene of the shooting, while emergency personnel rushed the victim to Rhode Island Hospital, where he eventually recovered from the shooting, despite still having the bullet lodged in his chest to this day, prosecutors said.

Silvester eluded capture for the next month before being located and apprehended in a Fall River multi-family apartment building by Fall River police detectives, prosecutors said.

Assistant District Attorneys Patrick O. Bomberg and Katie Rayburn prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Fall River Police’s Major Crimes Division, including Detective Brett Kimball, whom Sutter praised for his “stellar work.”

 

[GBH2]

It's not really his fault - it's the Gun's fault. And and if you just take all the guns away from all the law abiding citizens then the criminals won't kill any more people with their illegal guns!

Don't you people get it!



/s

 

[doctorbossman]

DA Sutter talks about "firm and unyielding policies"

The perp is going to "serve six to nine years in state prison" despite these inyielding policy of sentencing "defendants who have been convicted of shootings to a minimum of 10 years in state prison"

That's a sad testament to being tough on crime.

 

[usp45ct]

Clearly we need more laws to not enforce

 

[Bolio]

I am not surprised.

If you talk to the gangbangers in Lynn, Lawrence, etc etc...they will tell you that when they shoot someone, they rather not kill them because 6-9 years is easier to do than life.

Just telling what I know.

 

[shamrockjr]

Clearly we need more laws to not enforce

 

[terraformer]

Had he been an LTC holder he would do 30 to life. Priorities. Priorities. Priorities.

 

[Palladin]

He's going to be grabbing his ankles and hoping the guy behind him has KY

He'll be out in 4

 

[Greek]

Gotta love this state! For the criminal

 

[GhostArcher]

He's a pretty fella.
Lol

 

[Smash05]

If its 6-9, he will do 6. My guess is he had little to no record prior, and the DA does not determine sentences, the judge does. My guess is they proved their case to the jury, but it was messy, and intent to murder just wasn't there for the Jury. It happens, I have tried cases where I was sure of a G and won the NG. Sometimes the facts are the facts and the jury sees it a certain way. Believe me, it is no place you want to be as a defendant.

 

[RealQuick]

He's got a pretty mouth...

 

[WBspectrum]

The one bright side is... he is going to be verrrrrryyyyy popular in the state pen...

Yea, you're right. Every sentence to prison should include rape....

WTF is wrong with people, nearly every single time prison is mentioned there is always a large number of people who laugh about the prospect of the convicted being raped while incarcerated. That's some pretty ****ed up thinking there. He's going to prison to server a sentence handed down to him by the courts, ****ing rape shouldn't be on the god damn menu. Christ that's ****ing sick thinking...

The 8th Amendment is as sacred as the 1st, 2nd and all the friggen rest.

 

[Apathesis]

He may be out in 4, but they'll fit 12 in there. Know'm sayin'?

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Yea, you're right. Every sentence to prison should include rape....

WTF is wrong with people, nearly every single time prison is mentioned there is always a large number of people who laugh about the prospect of the convicted to to raped while incarcerated. That's some pretty ****ed up thinking there. He's going to prison to server a sentence handed down to him by the courts, ****ing rape shouldn't be on the god damn menu. Christ that's ****ing sick thinking...

The 8th Amendment is as sacred as the 1st, 2nd and all the friggen rest.

I agree. Unfortunately, it is the harsh reality.

Some people like find humor in offensive things. Go figure.

 

[Wrench75]

Yea, you're right. Every sentence to prison should include rape....

WTF is wrong with people, nearly every single time prison is mentioned there is always a large number of people who laugh about the prospect of the convicted to to raped while incarcerated. That's some pretty ****ed up thinking there. He's going to prison to server a sentence handed down to him by the courts, ****ing rape shouldn't be on the god damn menu. Christ that's ****ing sick thinking...

The 8th Amendment is as sacred as the 1st, 2nd and all the friggen rest.

I don't think ALL sentences should include rape. But I do believe some should, like for instance for rapists... As for the civil rites thing. Once you violate someone's rites you have forfeited your own. Not to mention that you loose many of your rights while incarcerated.

Personally in this case I think he should be shot in the chest. But, since that is not going to happen, a shot in the ass will have to do...

 

[WBspectrum]

Some people like find humor in offensive things. Go figure.

It's not so much the humor, I get dark humor, I relish in it myself. It's the thought that rape should be part of the sentence and should be applauded that is twisted. The thought of a young kid getting locked up for a relatively minor charge being gang-raped and made someones bitch bothers me a great deal. Locked up for dope? no violation of another's rights just violation of a stupid prohibition.

You are correct, many of your basic rights are put on hold while incarcerated. While those rights are restricted it is up to us as a society , by way of the penal system, to ensure that those under our control are protected from cruel and unusual punishment.
I find it odd that when female convicts are mentioned no one discusses how the prison rape of a woman is part of the sentence. Is that because then the whole notion of rape as a punishment becomes as sick as it sounds?

 

[swatgig]

I don't think ALL sentences should include rape. But I do believe some should

Then the judge should impose that sentence, not the inmates.

 

[goodlife30]

He was turning his life around

 

[Bendad97]

That punk is in for a rude awakening when he gets to the State Pen. By the time they let him out, he'll be able to hide a Miata Convertible in his keester.

 

[hbar26]

That punk is in for a rude awakening when he gets to the State Pen. By the time they let him out, he'll be able to hide a Miata Convertible in his keester.

There are cameras in most, if not all of the living areas in State Prisons. They rarely, if ever, shower in groups. And there are plenty of inmates who give It away. He is more likely to get his butt kicked.

 

[namedpipes]

Yea, you're right. Every sentence to prison should include rape....

I agree. Unfortunately, it is the harsh reality.

I don't think ALL sentences should include rape. But I do believe some should, like for instance for rapists...

Then the judge should impose that sentence, not the inmates.

Wasn't it Dahlmer that kidnapped, raped, killed & ate, buried and later dug up and raped again, a whole bunch of kids? Wasn't he killed by another inmate? I cheered. Did you?

I get there is a disparity between THAT and shooting someone in the chest that you had a beef with. There is also a disparity between attempted murder and a slap on the wrist.

Sometimes our justice system catches and grinds up innocents into hamburger and sometimes it handles evil people with kid gloves. It is that unfairness that makes us lash out with wishes like you've been reading.

 

[je25ff]

Yet if I had a post ban 30 round magazine, I'd be given the same type of sentence. Massachusetts is Bizarro planet.

 

[bigtig50]

He may be going in as a tight end but he'll be leaving as a wide receiver!

 

[mikeyp]

Par for the course for the Fall RIver courts. Go to Herald News, MA News - Fall River, MA - The Herald News and then the police section and read the court dockets. People get off on some crazy stuff.

 

[WBspectrum]

Yet if I had a post ban 30 round magazine, I'd be given the same type of sentence. Massachusetts is Bizarro planet.

Post ban mag!!! That's a rappin!!!

 

[Apathesis]

It's not so much the humor, I get dark humor, I relish in it myself. It's the thought that rape should be part of the sentence and should be applauded that is twisted. The thought of a young kid getting locked up for a relatively minor charge being gang-raped and made someones bitch bothers me a great deal. Locked up for dope? no violation of another's rights just violation of a stupid prohibition.

You are correct, many of your basic rights are put on hold while incarcerated. While those rights are restricted it is up to us as a society , by way of the penal system, to ensure that those under our control are protected from cruel and unusual punishment.
I find it odd that when female convicts are mentioned no one discusses how the prison rape of a woman is part of the sentence. Is that because then the whole notion of rape as a punishment becomes as sick as it sounds?

I don't think anyone here has specifically stated he should be raped, just that he probably will be. But yes, I totally agree. Prison is a horrible place, and for that reason alone. I can't imagine how many people have been convicted of silly crimes or were actually innocent and had to endure rape after rape while behind bars.

As for the thing about female convicts, you are probably right. Then again, people don't talk about how female convicts rape each other.

I think rape is a proper punishment for those actually guilty of rape, but I believe that many rapists deserve more than to be raped themselves. Rape is the worst crime in my book, especially when children are victims.

I certainly don't wish it on this idiot kid. He wasn't some pedophile monster. Maybe a NDE would be a fitting punishment.

 

[WBspectrum]

I don't think anyone here has specifically stated he should be raped, just that he probably will be. But yes, I totally agree.

Correct, no one said specifically in this particular thread "9 years in the hole and 7 years being PITA" but it is often implied that it is what is deserved, look back on any of the threads here regarding prison. I assure you that in the vast majority of them the will be a huge number of people either hinting around or outright stating that they can't wait for "prison justice" to rear it's head. It's twisted.

 

[Wrench75]

The thought of a young kid getting locked up for a relatively minor charge...

OK so now shooting a 19 yr old in the chest in broad daylight is a "minor charge"?! I hope no one ever commits the "minor" offense of shooting your child in the chest... No one here is saying someone should be raped for jaywalking. Whether he was charged with it or not he committed attempted murder. This thread, and it's content, is about ONE specific case.

You are correct, many of your basic rights are put on hold while incarcerated. While those rights are restricted it is up to us as a society , by way of the penal system, to ensure that those under our control are protected from cruel and unusual punishment.

You mean like being shot in the chest in front of your house at 10:30 in the morning?

I find it odd that when female convicts are mentioned no one discusses how the prison rape of a woman is part of the sentence. Is that because then the whole notion of rape as a punishment becomes as sick as it sounds?

No it's because that shit is HOT!! Who doesn't love women in prison porn?

 

[joeendris]

Had he been an LTC holder he would do 30 to life. Priorities. Priorities. Priorities.

Had he been an LTC holder, he would've been paraded across the state "See?!, this is what we get for allowing these crazies to own guns!" or some other such bullshit.

 

[Terminator03]

"You got a pretty mouth, boy" comes to mind when I see that picture. All kidding aside, at least he won't have to waste 4 years accruing college debt only to NOT have a job when he gets out. He'll have full state support like the rest of the freeloaders of his generation.