The jury didn't deliberate for more than half an hour, but in that time, a 15-year old boy was convicted in the beating death of 16-year old honor student Derrion Albert. The boy was convicted of first-degree murder when it was determined that he laid a punch to the face of Albert as he tried to stand up. The jury decided that the punch played a significant role in Albert's death.
"I am pleased. Justice was served," Norman Golliday, Albert's grandfather told the Associated Press. "The...Read Full Story
The world appeared a little more just for the Albert family, after a Chicago jury found 20-year-old Silvonus Shannon (pictured above left) guilty of first-degree murder in the 2009 beating death of Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert (pictured right).
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The trial is about to begin for a 14-year old boy who was one of five suspects accused of beating Derrion Albert, a 16-year old honor student, to death last year. The beating occurred in September 2009 as Albert was on his way home from school. It was captured on cell phone video and seen around the world.
The teen on trial isn't being identified because he is a juvenile. But there are four other suspects awaiting trial as adults. The prosecutor portrays the young men as part of a mob who...Read Full Story
CHICAGO – Again and again defense attorneys and prosecutors played the same graphic video of 16-year-old Derrion Albert being beaten to death – grainy, shaky and just a few minutes long.
The two sides disagreed about whether it showed that Silvonus Shannon had kicked the Chicago high school honors student in the head. But it was enough for jurors to convict Shannon of first-degree murder on Tuesday night, making him the second person found guilty in the September 2009 attack.
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CHICAGO – The trial of a teen boy charged in the beating death of a 16-year-old Chicago honor student began Tuesday with jurors watching a video showing the teen punching the other boy in the face — a recording played around the world that drew attention to school violence. Prosecutors told jurors the teen was part of a mob that descended on Derrion Albert as he made his way home from school in September 2009. On the video, Albert could be seen being punched, slammed over his head with large...Read Full Story
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No knives and no guns were used. Just fists, feet and 2-by-4s. Friday’s fight turned deadly. Three students were badly beaten, one of whom died. Derrion Albert, 16, was struck in ...
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Derrion Albert was killed in a fight on Thursday. 16 years old Derrion Albert was a student of Fenger High School. It was reported that he had a pressure to