A few weeks back I wrote about the 16
year old student, Amy Joyner-Francis (click here for that), that was
beaten to death in a school bathroom at Howard High School of
Technology in Delaware while it was watched and recorded by other
students. Now three female students have been charged with her death.
Trinity Carr, also 16 has been charged with criminally negligent
homicide while Zion Snow and Chakeira Wright have been charged with
third-degree criminal conspiracy.
The attorney general Matt Denn has said
that he plans to have Trinity charged as an adult which I totally
agree with. The Department of Justice stated “The individuals
responsible for Amy Joyner-Francis's death are minors, but they
must be held accountable for their actions. DOJ's goal in making a
charging decision was to ensure that those persons responsible for
Amy's death are held responsible to the maximum degree permissible
by Delaware law.”
Amy's caused of death has been listed
as “sudden cardiac death due to large atrial septal defect” which
is a hole in the wall that separates the two chambers of the heart as
well as saying that a factor that contributed was “physical and
emotional stress due to physical assault.” It is being said that
the actual assault did not kill her, but her preexisting heart
condition did but that if she was not assaulted she would not have
died. This is another reason why you don't go around attacking people.
