Saturday, March 11, 2023

Correcting JSOnline Story

The facts here are straightforward.

A 17-year-old Milwaukee boy has been charged in the shooting death of 12-year old Ronnel Smith in West Allis last month.

Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office filed charges Friday against Lawrence Griffin in the Feb. 25 incident at the Bug N Out Lounge, where two children were shot. Griffin was arrested by West Allis and Milwaukee police last week....

...In addition to first-degree intentional homicide, Griffin was charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety and possession of a firearm by a felon. Earlier this year, Griffin was convicted of three counts of battery by prisoner and one count of assault. He was sentenced to five years of probation.

If convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, Griffin could be sentenced to life in prison.

Let's correct this.

Griffin could be sentenced to life in prison unless the judge is Janet Protasiewicz; then he'll get time served plus a year of probation.

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