Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.

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    1 year ago

    He is “a good kid with a warm heart” he lawyer says.

    His lawyer needs to be Locked up with him.

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      1 year ago

      Lawyers have a job to do, and it’s provide the best possible defense, to even the most disgusting of criminals, because our justice system relies on everyone having a right to an adversarial defense.

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          It’s in his client’s interest to speak kindly of him in the media before jury selection. He’s still doing his job.

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            1 year ago

            Sure, his job just happens to perfectly match his personality of being a lying asshole.

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      1 year ago

      Because good kids with good hearts definitely launch unprovoked deadly attacks against the vulnerable /s

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        But he wasn’t meaning to murder, this good kid was just trying to quell their boredom by causing bodily injury to people they they perceive as less than a person. /s I’d bet money that if this kid isn’t charged, they’ll become a cop.

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      The trigger puller was Innes but that line was about Hopkins. He’s being charged because he supposedly drove Innes there.

      I’d also argue that at 19 he is no longer a “kid”.