just mercy Trina, Ian and Antonio Flashcards
what does Trina, Ian and Antonio all share in common?
- They all come from poor families
- should have stayed at custody until they were of adult age
What is Trina’s family background
- She is the youngest of 12 children
- lives in a poor neighbourhood filled with crime
dad Alcoholic –> sexually abused them
mother died when she was 9
they fled from home and lived on streets
What crime did Trina commit?
14yr old –> Trina Garnett snuck into house of 2 boys she wanted to talk to
- used a lighter to see in dark
- accidentally set fire to a house, them to die of asphyxiation
What was the injustice Trina faced during trial?
The mother accused them of setting fire intentionally and appointed lawyer thought Trina incompetent
- but did not file appropriate motion or present evidence of her mental state
- hence forced to be tried as an adult or second degree murder
- judge found that she had not intent to kill but law prevented him from taking it into account
What was the injustice Trina faced after trial
- sent to prison from women at 16
- raped and impregnated by a correctional officer.
–> lost lawsuit against officer(raper) because she was in jail for murder.
–>never received financial aid or services from state to compensate - gave birth when handcuffed to bed
- Trina son taken to foster care
- Had physical and mental illnesses.
- condemned to life imp without parole as a child
THE CASE OF IAN MANUEL
what crime did he commit
- at 13 –> shot couple he tried to rob
- damaged her jaw
- charged with attempted robbery and homicde
- women did not die
What was Ians sentence and what did he face in jail
- sentenced to life without parole
- put into solitary confinment for 18 years bc of his age
Who helped Ian
- Ian called the woman he shot and appolagized on chirstmas eve
- the women he shot asked for his sentence to be reduced but court refused
Antonio Nunez family background
- lived in town full of violence
- abusive father
- mother depressed
- wanted to be police officer
- brother shot and killed
- faced truma when returning home
What crime did Antonio commit
-14yr old –> tricked into fake kidnapping
- shot at police
What was Antonio’s sentence
- at 14 became youngest kid to be condemned to life imp when none was physically injured
- under cal rule have to be 16+ to be sentenced to life for murd but not for kidnapping
What did George Stinney do?
- 14 yr old balack boy
- attended search for 2 missing girls
- arrested for murd as he was last person to see them alive
What sentence did George get
- sheriff claimed george admitted to murd
- charged w first degree murd and rape
- sentanced to death at 14
- after, white man confessed death of girls
Where does the injustice lie in george stinney’s case and what does it show
- prosecution relied on only sheriff’s testimony
- shows the racial politics of south
- example of how policies used to control and punish black population entwined into criminal justice system
