16 Years Old boy sentenced to 90yrs In Prison for killing 1yr old baby

Date: 24-06-2013 8:17 pm (10 years ago) | Author: Adeniyi Opemipo
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Sixteen-year-old Donald Ray Dokins’ short stature and baby face belie the crime he committed: the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in the arms of his proud and doting father.
As he prepared to sentence the teenager, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Pat Connolly could barely contain his contempt. “You have no intestinal fortitude to sit up and look at me,” Connolly said to Dokins, who was staring at the floor, avoiding the judge’s gaze. “You have hatred in your heart that I can’t understand.”

Prosecutors say that on June 4, 2012, Dokins, a then-15-year-old gang member, rode up on a bicycle to a family gathered outside a home in Watts. He drew a revolver and opened fire, killing 14-month-old Angel Mauro Cortez Vega and wounding his 21-year-old father, Mauro Cortez. Dokins, authorities say, mistakenly believed the father was a member of a rival gang because of the color of his T-shirt.
Prosecutors charged Dokins as an adult. Connolly sentenced him to 90 years to life in prison. Before the sentencing, friends and relatives of both the victims and Dokins addressed the court. Dokins’ brother Derrick Washington described his sibling as a straight-A student who wrote poetry. Washington broke down in tears, asserting his brother’s innocence. “He’s not a monster.
He’s just a little boy,” said Washington, wearing a rosary around his neck. Another family member told the judge that Dokins wouldn’t be around to raise his own daughter, who police said is close to

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Posted: at 24-06-2013 08:17 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
- micc at 24-06-2013 08:37 PM (10 years ago)
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They have thrown the key to his prIson room into the high sea. So Am so so sorry u have to remain there for life
Posted: at 24-06-2013 08:37 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- callmepamela at 24-06-2013 09:13 PM (10 years ago)
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the type of things that happen in this world, i cannnot explain...some of them are well explained here http://spam.blogspot.com
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:13 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
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- kebella at 24-06-2013 09:16 PM (10 years ago)
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but why?
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:16 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- ebiteck at 24-06-2013 09:29 PM (10 years ago)
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too bad
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:29 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dickman2 at 24-06-2013 09:34 PM (10 years ago)
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see case...nawa ooh..
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:34 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- chylind5 at 24-06-2013 09:40 PM (10 years ago)
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What a waste of innocent life. Wicked generation
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:40 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ezchusa at 24-06-2013 09:45 PM (10 years ago)
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oboy
Posted: at 24-06-2013 09:45 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- mary11 at 24-06-2013 10:02 PM (10 years ago)
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Feel no pity 4 u, heartless being
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:02 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- ray1234 at 24-06-2013 10:13 PM (10 years ago)
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What a world we living in @ 16 he knows how to pull a trigger,He can start all over again in prison.
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:13 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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- engrtope at 24-06-2013 10:22 PM (10 years ago)
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NO WAHALA
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:22 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- 2bify at 24-06-2013 10:30 PM (10 years ago)
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MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE, AMEN, THANK GOD ITS NOT IN NIGERIA, COS IF SUCH A THING HAPPEN IN NAIJA, MANY OF US HERE WILL BE SHOWERING CAUSES TO ALL NIGERIANS, E,G NOTING GOOD WILL EVER COME FROM NAIJA, NIGERIA A CAUSED LAND, BLA BLA BLA, NOW ONE ONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE THIS LIL BOY COMES FROM
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:30 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- 2bify at 24-06-2013 10:30 PM (10 years ago)
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MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE, AMEN, THANK GOD ITS NOT IN NIGERIA, COS IF SUCH A THING HAPPEN IN NAIJA, MANY OF US HERE WILL BE SHOWERING CAUSES TO ALL NIGERIANS, E,G NOTING GOOD WILL EVER COME FROM NAIJA, NIGERIA A CAUSED LAND, BLA BLA BLA, NOW ONE ONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE THIS LIL BOY COMES FROM
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:30 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- christianity at 24-06-2013 10:52 PM (10 years ago)
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ok,noted next
Posted: at 24-06-2013 10:52 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- akinmanchy at 24-06-2013 11:19 PM (10 years ago)
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Hmmm
Posted: at 24-06-2013 11:19 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- deboalabi262 at 24-06-2013 11:25 PM (10 years ago)
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You will be back to real life and freedom at 106 year age....... Huh?
Posted: at 24-06-2013 11:25 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- HOPEA23 at 24-06-2013 11:34 PM (10 years ago)
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 Cool Cool
Posted: at 24-06-2013 11:34 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- jessipinky at 25-06-2013 12:11 AM (10 years ago)
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That´´s life in prisonment, that serve u right.
Posted: at 25-06-2013 12:11 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
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- superben10 at 25-06-2013 12:55 AM (10 years ago)
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no be small thing sha
Posted: at 25-06-2013 12:55 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Andybest1 at 25-06-2013 02:02 AM (10 years ago)
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pretty ackward
Posted: at 25-06-2013 02:02 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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