Turns out teen killer Karmelo Anthony isn't quite so poor after all.
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Originally posted by stoic-one: I have no idea what substantive grounds they'll try to use...
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June 10, 2026, 03:04 PM
PR64
Isn’t that pretty much standard practice when convicted for murder?
If this had been the other way around, they would be screaming for the death penalty.
Race had nothing to do with the verdict.
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June 10, 2026, 03:07 PM
GT-40DOC
I thought the verdict and sentence was a good one.
June 10, 2026, 03:13 PM
Rightwire
I fail to understand, how this country came to a point where a person can commit a heinous crime and is caught, but gains public support due to the heavy penalty that crime carries if convicted.
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June 10, 2026, 03:16 PM
HRK
Well, the parents did want him to live in a gated community for safety, so, that has happened,
Matt Walsh as usual just comes out and says the thing everyone is thinking, well, most everyone....
There are always appeals, especially after murder convictions. First is Post Conviction Relief in that something the trial judge did was wrong or the specific law is wrong, or something was incorrect (like wrong jury instructions going back to the jury). Then there will be appeals to the specific Texas Court of Appeals. I can see that one doing the "no blacks on jury" which the Judge has a record to dispute, the people in question saying they were biased (I have seen that a good record is like Body Cameras for Judges). Then another law firm/attorney will say the trial attorneys were inept and incompetent. Which the record will dispute.
Then, at sometime sooner or later, a "juror" will come forward saying they were "pressured" to vote for conviction.
June 10, 2026, 06:33 PM
sigfreund
If anyone, including you and I via our taxes, can continue to pay for someone's lawyer(s), there will be appeals. It doesn't matter whether there are substantive valid grounds, it is what is done—virtually always.
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June 10, 2026, 07:41 PM
tatortodd
As far as no african americans on the jury, Collin County was 10.4% AA in the 2020 census. This is the statistical probability according to Gemini AI:
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June 10, 2026, 07:51 PM
Cookster
And of course Jasmine Crockett feels the need to remind everyone of what a stupid and useless POS she is -
Her Math still ain't mathin and her true colors are showing through.
June 10, 2026, 08:19 PM
a1abdj
You guys aren't looking at it from the other side.
In their world, disrespecting them authorizes them to shoot, stab, beat, or kill you. The black kid felt disrespected by the white kid, and there you have it.
- The defense only called 6 witnesses and rested abruptly - The only person to speak on his behalf during the punishment phase was his mother. - The defense didn’t even think to prepare him to testify on his own behalf
Additionally, there were no teachers, counselors, church members, etc. willing to discuss his character in court and plead for him to have another chance at life. Nobody could vouch he was really a good kid and was going to be a contributing member of society someday.
The jury heard closing statements, deliberated, found him guilty, then completed the punishment phase all in one day.
In other words, there was no way to adequately defend or humanize this animal.
June 10, 2026, 08:52 PM
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June 10, 2026, 09:28 PM
trapper189
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Originally posted by HRK: …live in a gated community…
I’m going to try to remember that one.
June 10, 2026, 09:40 PM
Gustofer
I see sad face Karmelo has gone away (no need for the sympathy anymore), and is replaced with convicted murderer face Karmelo. Pretty soon, after a few Bubbas stretch him out, sad face Karmelo will be back.
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June 10, 2026, 09:53 PM
TigerDore
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Originally posted by oddball:
The law in Texas...
Thanks, oddball! Good info.
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June 10, 2026, 09:59 PM
egregore
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Originally posted by trapper189:
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Originally posted by HRK: …live in a gated community…
I’m going to try to remember that one.
... and free food, housing and medical care; only the police have guns; same-sex relations allowed ...
June 10, 2026, 11:01 PM
parabellum
Well, so much for all the phony "forgiveness" bullshit he was spouting early on. At least he finally got around to being honest.
Y'know, just as an aside, when people who say- unsolicited- to someone who has committed a grievous wrong- "I forgive you," it always comes across as phony to me. Yeah, I understand that people have different ways of coping with unfathomable grief, and claiming forgiveness when the perpetrator hasn't asked for forgiveness is somewhere on that long list of coping mechanisms, but I think forgiveness should be granted (or claim to be granted) only when it's asked for; 'the quality of mercy is not strained' and all that.
It seems phony to me, and what you hear him say in this clip, after the lecture we got from him early on, seems to bear this out.
Just my opinion, and nothing more. He's angry and he has every right to be angry and indignant. It just would have been better if he had spoken this plainly from the start, because it was damn sure justified then, just as it's justified now.
I’m going to try to remember that one.