I was listening to NPR last night and heard a report on the 17 year old soccer player that assaulted a referee at his soccer match. The referee was taken to a hospital and later died as a result.
Here is a link to the article if you are unfamiliar with the story
Apparently they are going to charge him with homicide by assault. Homicide by assault is considered a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Only five years in prison, and that is if he is tried as an adult! If he is tried and convicted as a minor he could be facing less time than even five years. Which seems completely ludicrous to me. Even though it may not have been his intention to kill he is still responsible for the death of that man. Getting five years of imprisonment does not sound like enough to me. In my opinion if I was to assault someone, that means I had intentions of harming them. I might not have intended death, but I would have surely intended harm. If I had done such a thing and the result was the death of another I could not imagine only being charged with five years imprisonment and a fine...
Onto a lighter subject. I am going to whole foods today! Which brings about feelings that only this video could describe.
I cannot wait for cashew butter, fresh cruelty free meat, organic produce, and oh so much more!
Here are some photos of the lovely store.
I hope you are having as wonderful of a day as I am about to! Au revoir.
~Cat
They finally put up a Whole Foods here in Charlotte out towards South Park. I haven't been yet, though. I'm fairly certain I can't afford 'em. XD
ReplyDeleteThey can be fairly expensive. :P Though I have found some items that are cheaper. I mainly go because of the animal wellfare organization they have to help prevent cruelty to animals at slaughter. :)
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