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The United States has become scene of regrettable events involving minorswho have had access to firearms and the outcomes have been catastrophic, as happened in Mississippi.
The Carly Madison Gregg case has shocked to the entire society, since all the evidence presented testified to the brutal horrors that the fifteen-year-old’s mother experienced before she died.
In March the young woman’s mother, named Ashley Smyle, was 40 years old; she was at home with the minor, who decided toend his mother’s life upon entering his room and shoot him three times with a Magnum .357.
Subsequently called his stepfather The victim, named Heath Smylie, 39, asked him when he would arrive to wait for him with the gun; as soon as the victim arrived, the 14-year-old girl -at that time- attacked him at point-blank range.
However, The man survived and his stepdaughter tried to fleealthough they managed to stop her; the young woman allegedly informed her friends what she had just done. At the time of the trial The minor showed no remorse.
Life sentence for Carly Madison
She only burst into tears when she heard that the jury found her guilty of three crimes: homicide, attempted homicide, and tampering with evidence. Given all the evidence presented by the defense, the Mississippi court concluded that the minor deserved life imprisonment.
District Attorney Bubba Bremlett made a number of statements on the matter and said that the case was difficult because of the defendant’s age, but He said that Carly was evil and should be in prison for the good of society.
“Carly Gregg is evil, it’s not easy to say, but the truth is that sometimes evil comes in young packagessmall packages and in this case it’s one of those. He’s supposed to go to prison for the rest of his life, you hate that he’s 15, but that’s where he belongs.”
The young woman’s legal team can still appeal the verdictbut the defense office they used did not work, since they claimed that he was not in his right mind and even needed psychiatric help.
Carly Madison Trial
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