tags: Timeline, School Attacks *, Parent, Mass shooting, Abuse, Columbine
Father in Reno gives his teen son a collection of .38 rounds for his revolver who shoots up two classmates at his middle school, and gets away with 200 hours of community service and family counseling.
March 14, 2006 Pine Middle School Shooting 2009 occurred in Reno, Nevada, United States. The shooting was perpetrated by then fourteen-year-old student James Scott Newman who shot and injured two 14-year-old eighth grade classmates with a .38-caliber revolver that had belonged to his parents. Newman was initially arrested and charged as an adult on charges of attempted murder, use of a deadly weapon and use of a firearm by a minor. He later later pleaded guilty to battery with a deadly weapon as a juvenile, and received an astonishingly light sentence of house arrest while completing 200 hours of community service. Newman's stated motive was to end abuse from his father, brother, and others who called him "stupid". He researched the Columbine High School massacre on the Internet and planned the attack about a week in advance. The night before the attack, Newman's father had given him a collection of ammunition which included three live .38 caliber rounds.
Judge Schmuck has said she struggled with the sentencing and wanted to give Newman and his family a chance to “make it work.” Schmuck ordered that Newman and his family undergo counseling, that all weapons be removed from their home and that he complete 200 hours of community service.
Newman also cannot get a driver’s license until 90 days after his 16th birthday and can’t get a hunting license for two years.
How does a school mass shooter get off with 200 hours of community service, and nobody asks why his father gave him a collection live .38 rounds the night before the attack?
Reference
- Wikipedia Pine Middle School Shooting (2009)
Timeline
July 15, 2006 Reno Gazeette Journal A judge agreed that the suspect should be sentenced to house arrest
The appeal for the ridiculously light sentence Pine Middle School shooter James Scott Newman received has been denied… A judge on Friday agreed that a ...
The appeal for the ridiculously light sentence Pine Middle School shooter James Scott Newman received has been denied…
A judge on Friday agreed that a 14-year-old Pine Middle School student who shot a classmate should be sentenced to house arrest.Prosecutors challenged Court Master Janet Schmuck’s May ruling involving James Newman, who said he brought his father’s gun to school March 14 because he was sick of being made fun of.But Washoe District Family Court Judge Frances Doherty sided with Schmuck’s ruling, dismissing claims that Schmuck abused her discretion.Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick had called Schmuck’s ruling “crazy,” and during Friday’s hearing, Deputy District Attorney Jo Lee Wickes said Schmuck’s decision did not consider public safety.Wickes added that Newman would benefit more from being incarcerated because he would have more education, socialization and recreation opportunities.Newman’s attorney, David Houston, said the boy is doing well on house arrest and that psychiatrists deemed him a low risk to commit similar violent offenses.Houston said the prosecutor’s claim that Schmuck abused her discretion was based on “societal revenge” because he was not incarcerated for a crime that sent fear through the school and the community.Schmuck has said she struggled with the sentencing and wanted to give Newman and his family a chance to “make it work.”Schmuck ordered that Newman and his family undergo counseling, that all weapons be removed from their home and that he complete 200 hours of community service.Newman also cannot get a driver’s license until 90 days after his 16th birthday and can’t get a hunting license for two years.
Justice in Reno is not only blind it’s also retarded.
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