4 Las Vegas Teens Cut Juvy Plea Deal in Stomping Death of Student

Four Las Vegas teenagers pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal beating of their high school classmate, as part of a deal with prosecutors that kept them from being tried as adults.

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The teens originally were charged in January as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy in connection with the November death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. ...

KLAS says Ready criticized the plea agreement before, claiming she wasn't notified of the deal when the teens initially accepted it on Aug. 1.

"I would've disagreed with the deal entirely. They should be accountable as adults — they made an adult choice," she said. "They knew that when they were stomping on my child's head that he was going to die as a result."  

Ed Morrissey

Follow the link to watch the video of the stomping homicide. It shows a depraved mob joyfully inflicting horrendous injury to one person who had no means at that point of defense. This isn't a juvenile-level crime, or a tragic result of one unfortunate blow in a fistfight; it's an adult choice, and should have had adult consequences.

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