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NO EMPATHY !!! .... he was just a kid for christsake; Top recruit collapses in court after receiving three-year prison sentence
Topic Started: Aug 22 2012, 04:08 PM (1,605 Views)
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Top recruit collapses in court after receiving three-year prison sentence

By Jeff Eisenberg



By Jeff Eisenberg | The Dagger – 5 hours ago



Instead of sifting through scholarship offers, selecting a school and launching his college basketball career as he originally planned, an Ohio high school standout will have to put his dreams on hold.

Tony Farmer, an 18-year-old senior at Garfield Heights High School, received a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday as a result of pleading guilty to kidnapping, felonious assault and other crimes.

The 6-foot-7 forward had been hoping to receive probation after teachers, coaches and family members testified on his behalf. When he learned he'd be going to prison as the judge read his sentence, he crumpled into the arms of a sheriff's deputy and collapsed to the ground in anguish.

In an odd twist, among those in the gallery sobbing in reaction to the judge's decision was the victim herself, Farmer's ex-girlfriend Andrea Lane. Even though the two remain separated since Farmer attacked Lane last April after she didn't want to reconcile their relationship, Lane had previously asked Judge Pamela Barker not to put Farmer in prison.

"I know he was a good person," she said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I hope he still is."

The entire courtroom scene is depressing and painfully hard to watch because Farmer had such a bright future prior to this incident. Before video cameras caught his altercation with Lane on tape last April in the lobby and parking lot of her apartment complex, Farmer was a consensus top 100 prospect who had drawn interest from the likes of Ohio State, Xavier, Dayton and Michigan State.

The punishment he received from Barker is just yet severe. Unless Barker reduces Farmer's sentence when she reviews it in 180 days, his hopes of playing major college basketball are likely now over.
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cisslybee2012
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If he did those things he's being held accountable for, then 3 years is pretty lenient. It's nothing to collapse over.

And he can still pursue his career goals when he gets out.

But hopefully,

He has learned something from his mistakes.
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Don't do the crime, you don't do the time
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kennyinbmore
Aug 22 2012, 04:15 PM
Don't do the crime, you don't do the time
I could not agree more.

In fact, I was thinking of that phrase as I reading the article.

He was found guilty of doing dirt, but the thought of facing the repercussions of his actions made his knees buckle.

I have zero empathy for him.

He should man-up, and take responsibility for what he did.

Hopefully, he will come out of this a better person.
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cisslybee2012
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@Sam

But I'm starting to hear a lot of opinions expressed from men about being held accountable for their actions.

They want to be corrected without the help of the authorities.
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ALO

you beat me to it. I had this topic up too lol. I think he should of got probation if he doesn't have a criminal record.
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cisslybee2012
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It just really seem like a lot of people are falling more and more out of touch with reality.
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Was he Darkskinned?
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cisslybee2012
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chica
Aug 22 2012, 04:43 PM
you beat me to it. I had this topic up too lol. I think he should of got probation if he doesn't have a criminal record.
But that's the traditional thinking of the justice system.

And basically why first time offenders become repeat offenders.

His sentence was light. So they did go easy on him.

But being that he collapsed over it shows that he's very delusional.

So whether or not he has learned something from it remains to be seen.
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P.O.A.S.S.A.
Aug 22 2012, 04:47 PM
Was he Darkskinned?
Did you get the bleaching cream?
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