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A jury found George Huguely, 24, guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the May 2010 death of Yeardley Love.  However, the recommendation for his sentencing is 26 years!
I was watching CNN when the verdict came in, and it was a complete shock to me that the jury only recommend that he get 26 years. Yeardley Love's mother read a letter to the jury and to the defendant George Huguely that was completely heartbreaking and honest. The letter said that this young girl who had so much potential in this world, such a big kind heart, who wanted to help people, who wanted to go to New York City when she graduated, was taken away from them. To end the letter, Love's mother said "Every year that goes by, I'm afraid I'm forgetting a little piece of her,". And now here is this man who committed such a horrid crime, could be out on the streets again by the time he is 50! Where is the justice?
After reading his emails and how he threatened his ex girlfriend, and accused her of cheating on him with a team mate from a competing team, now this young girl will never grow up, never have a family, never have her dreams come true. 
I don't understand the justice system some times.

Well, my weekend was pretty productive, I booked my second trip to Jamaica for September which is pretty darn exciting cause I was just there last September and it was beautiful.  Also, I bought a Pandora bracelet with two charms, the start of a new collection :)

Secondly, a teenage mother and her young daughter who were snatched off a Cleveland street in Cleveland, Ohio, were found shot to death in a garage early Sunday. Thomas Lorde, the estranged boyfriend of 19-year-old Latasha Jackson and the father of 1-year-old Chaniya Wynn, was found next to them, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said Sunday. 

The alert named Lorde, 25, as the kidnapping suspect, warning that he was a "violent sexual predator with felony warrants out of New York," and armed and dangerous. All three were found unresponsive with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead on the scene, the statement said. Jackson's 14-year-old brother was walking with the pair when he said Lorde approached.

"He walked up on us and ... he pulled out the gun. He pointed it at me," the brother told CNN affiliate WEWS. "He told me to run."

What a lovely way to spend the weekend; what is wrong with people?!

I just read that the judge in the Jared Loughner case ruled that he can continue his medical treatment until June. His medical treatment was suppose to expire Wednesday of this week, but a psychologist found "measurable progress" in Lougner's mental state.

Now, if you are not sure who this Jared Loughner guy is, he was the man accused of killing six people and injuring 13 others during a January 2011 meet and greet with the then U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. Giffords was shot in the head and recently stepped down from her position in Congress just last month to focus more on her recovery.

Loughner suffers from schizophrenia and was declared incompetent to stand trial last May after an evaluation term at a federal mental hospital. In July, Loughner was suicidal inside the hospital, and was harming himself and claiming that the radio was inserting thoughts into his head.

No one can say for certain that his mental status will improve for him to stand trial, but as long as he continues his medication intake and psychologists are constantly evaluating him, then maybe he could finally stand trial and justice can be served for those victims.

The first criminal case I will be following is the trial of University of Virginia college lacrosse player George Huguely who is accused of beating his ex girlfriend to death. Huguely faces charges including first degree murder for the May 2010 death of Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old senior who was also a lacrosse player. The jury selection begins today, and the trial is expected to last two weeks. According to CNN.com, "George Huguely admitted on May 3, 2010 that he was involved in an altercation with Yeardly Love and that during the course of the altercation he shook Love and her head repeatedly hit the wall," Charlottesville Police Det. Lisa Reeves wrote in a sworn statement used to obtain a search warrant in the case. The medical examiner ruled the death was caused by blunt force trauma. 


in Virginia a plea deal can happen at anytime before the jury returns the verdict. Today Huguely will go before the judge and make a statement as to whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. Apparently, Huguely told investigators that he kicked in Love's bedroom door, and shook her, causing her head to hit a wall several times. 


Huguely, of Chevy Chase, Md., and Love were involved in a two-year relationship that ended not long before her death, and police have said they have evidence of an email Love sent Huguely about one of their fights.


This is a case of domestic abuse. If you or anyone you know is in a abusive relationship, speak up! Don't be afraid, and don't be a victim!

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My name is Kaitlyn, I am a forensic chemistry major at west chester university. I created this blog for this english writing and computers class, before this class I never once thought about creating my own blog. Not that I don't have anything interesting to write about, but because I never thought anyone would be curious enough to read what I had to write. While trying to find a specific topic for this blog, I will be updating you all with things that I find relevant in my life, I am an emergency medical technician for an ambulance company in Pennsauken, NJ. I love staying up to date with current events in and around my city, and with all criminal cases that are being televised. So, this blog could be about all the different trials that are currently being tried, and it could be about past criminal cases. I am always reading about the different kinds of laws, and this blog is only to give you a detailed description about each case, and occasionally my opinion, otherwise, if anyone has any questions about criminal law, and about the cases I talk about, just let me know!