Mar 15 2008
Lovette Can Not Get Death Penalty
HILLSBOROUGH - Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, faces two counts of first-degree murder, but he is too young to face the death penalty.
Authorities formally charged Lovette on Friday in the shootings of Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato and UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson. Demario James Atwater had already been charged in Carson’s murder.
Because Lovette is younger than 18, he is ineligible for capital punishment, even though he is charged as an adult.
This is the problem with the legal system. So this kid is 17. So you’re telling me in like six or seven months from now when he turns 18 if he had killed two people in cold blood then suddenly he would have had an epiphany and realized the ramifications of what he was about to do? Bullshit. This guy should be put in the chair and fried. Personally, I am a fan of going back to public hangings. Instead, North Carolina taxpayers get to subsidize this man’s food, clothing, and shelter every day for probably the next 70 years at his age. What do the families of Carson and Mahato get?
