A man who killed his 17-month-old daughter in a rage over a broken Xbox has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison. Tyrone Spellman, 27, of Philadelphia, killed Alayiah Turman with at least five blows to the head, prosecutors said. The force of the blows cracked the toddler's skull several times.
"I've been doing this 13 years, and this is one of the few cases that's ever left me at a loss for words," Assistant District Attorney James Berardinelli said. "There's never a good reason for this (murder), but this is just the pettiest of reasons.
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"I've been doing this 13 years, and this is one of the few cases that's ever left me at a loss for words," Assistant District Attorney James Berardinelli said. "There's never a good reason for this (murder), but this is just the pettiest of reasons.
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sums up how i feel
How is it funny? We all live on this planet, I could be on your news station. So how is it funny?
How is it funny? We all live on this planet, I could be on your news station. So how is it funny?
I laughed. It was funny. Thanks.
Someone's cranky!
The original Xbox was designed specifically to NOT do this when the controllers were pulled. Surely they wouldn't have removed the anti-pull mechanism on the original controllers?
I didn't even need a picture, or a name, to determine the race of the aggressor.
I've been living in this city long enough to know to put 1, 1 and 1 together...Philadelphia, murder, child...
sigh...add another one to the Philadelphia murder count. We're #1! We're #1!
But we can rest assured his fellow inmates will give him proper treatment child murderers are the absolutely lowest ranking scum in there.
Heavy metal music is accredited with the same basic behavior. I smell a law suit against Microsoft coming, and why shouldn't it if the mere thought of not being able to play the X-box sends someone into a rage that will push them to kill anyone much less a child then YES Microsoft should have to pay for altering someones mind set to that extent.
ROFLOL jk but you know its going to happen that way sooner or later!!
WAIT no I didn't!!!
I laughed so damn hard I fell over and hit my funny bone on the coffee table and screamed like a small child.
Dmbass, this guy should get life without parole like every other idiot murderer. If he murdered the mother of the child he would have gotten this sentence, giving him a lesser sentence for killing a smaller human being is ridiculous.
IMO + 2 Cents
Last edited by clotz2000 on 15 Mar 2008 - 01:10
Sorry, there's a time and a place for profanity. This is one of those times.
Sorry, there's a time and a place for profanity. This is one of those times.
True, although they never, well wouldn't say never, but they usually don't give the guy death row unless he has committed multiple murders or was on a killing spree at say the mall or something... Although, I agree 100% with your fry his arse comment!
Sorry, there's a time and a place for profanity. This is one of those times.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Sorry, there's a time and a place for profanity. This is one of those times.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Thats a matter of opinion not fact. Killing is killing in my eyes, such a thing as death or similar punishment should be expected by anyone who thinks of murdering someone. As for the people that claim insanity well put them to sleep. Some people think death is bad but if you cannot abide by the rules and take anyones life away from them then death is the only thing I see fit.
Lethal injection.
Thats the problem I have. Say he did do drugs but it was his decision to use them. Responsibility is fading away fast these days, just be a man or woman and take responsibility. Also thinking helps. If only people would think first instead of doing first and then think. I wish the world was a better place all the time. It hurts to see stuff like this.
Let him rot in jail.. hope he gets what he deserves.
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And yes.. some weirda** thing p***es me off too... internet "pirates" get the same or worse punishment then cold blooded killers ??
PS :!: Seems to me that it doesn't matter wether you have a gun or an xbox over there in US. Both can be extremely lethal when used by creatures with no brain.
Console manufacturers should embed Anger Management programs into their consoles.
Last edited by Sirius on 17 Mar 2008 - 15:02
"You can replace plastic and components with new ones, you cannot replace a life." 20 years is not enough, It should have been at least 40 years without the possibility of parole.
Really sad news and something I wish I never read now.
I just thought of something, put him in a cell with an XBOX 360 Gaming Pad to remind him of why he's in prison.
Edited by me
Last edited by Meacham on 22 Mar 2008 - 16:52
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