CACashRefund Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Post-Katrina Looters Get 15 Years For Alcohol Theft Attorneys Call Sentence Excessive POSTED: 4:59 am PDT June 29, 2006 KENNER, La. -- The judge said he wanted to send a message that looting would not be tolerated when he gave the maximum sentence to Coralnelle Little, 36, Rhonda McGowen, 42, and Paul C. Pearson, 36, all of Kenner.Three people convicted of hauling away liquor, wine and beer from a grocery store after Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison. A jury convicted the trio May 2 on a portion of the state's looting law that took effect two weeks before the Aug. 29 storm. The amended law set a three-year minimum sentence, and a maximum of 15 years in prison, for looting during a declared state of emergency. They were convicted of attempting to leave the grocery with 27 bottles of liquor and wine, six cases of beer and one case of wine coolers, six days after Katrina made landfall. Little, McGowen and Pearson each testified that they were not looting, but they offered conflicting accounts of matters such as who drove to the store. Pearson's attorney, Bruce Netterville, said the sentence and conviction would be appealed. "We believe the sentence is excessive," said Netterville. Attorneys for the other defendants agreed. Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 wow. so what that article is saying is that we just lost 3 highly productive members of society. what a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pornbooth Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 15 years is nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 if they were white, they would have never been arrested. i dont usually play race cards, but that shit is fucking insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashassian Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 MORE POWER TO THE BLACK MAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannosaurus Sex Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Fifteen years? For stealing liquor after Katrina? Come on, motherfuckers gots to get drunk, what the fuck else was there to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Fools! SpyD made this thread not too long ago and it was moved to CrossFire. I demand this thread be locked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 the sentence is quite excessive but they were looting for lootings sake, not to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannosaurus Sex Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 the sentence is quite excessive but they were looting for lootings sake' date=' not to survive.[/quote'] You are dead wrong. Alcohol is the necessity for all survival situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 thats kind of where im coming from. its excessive and probably racist but when youre in the middle of one of the worst natural disasters in the past century and you are out looting alcohol i can only care so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transparent Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 looting or not 15 years????????for some heinekens??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 You are dead wrong. Alcohol is the necessity for all survival situations. orly? my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 looting or not 15 years????????for some heinekens??? alright. its excessive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 What would be greedy is stealing a box of liquor, then not handing it out to your fellow displaced peoples. Trying to bootleg that shit would warrant 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushawn wuan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 hell yeah, theyd be in jail like. "what u in here fo? shot and killed 3 niggas" what about you? "oh i stole some beer" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushawn wuan Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 is this "blanca" from street figther? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Haha, thats not Blanka that Looter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
En Sabah Nur Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 what the fuck. i want to move to new orleans to organize and rebel. declare a new nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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