WFHermans
10-13-2007, 05:48 PM
As a boy in war-ravaged Sudan, Gareng Deng said he saw government agents chop off a man's arm and whip people, and soldiers strap a man to an electrified metal bed frame. At 5, he was sexually assaulted, Deng said.
After a relief organization settled his family in Aurora, his prospects might have brightened. But instead, authorities said, Deng began his transformation from witness to youthful perpetrator of violence.
At 11, he had already been arrested for burglary and threatening to kill a judge. By the time he was 14 in fall 2005, Deng had accumulated eight felony arrests. He had been suspended from Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora twice. He later told a counselor that he had participated in drive-by shootings.
And on Oct. 30-31, 2005, Deng is alleged to have shot Marilyn Bethell in the head.
Deng, 16, was formally charged Wednesday as an adult with the murder of the 47-year-old substance-abuse counseling assistant during an invasion of Bethell's Aurora home. Her decomposed body was found Dec. 26, 2005, along the Illinois Prairie Path near Kirk and Butterfield Roads in Kane County.
Wednesday's announcement of the adult charges was a formality after Friday's ruling by Kane County Juvenile Court Judge Wiley Edmondson, who ordered Deng's transfer to adult court. The judge heard from a court-appointed psychologist who recommended Deng remain in the juvenile system. But a DuPage County probation officer familiar with Deng said he posed a threat.
"In my 28 years, it's seldom that I see a youth at that high of a risk to re-offend," said Thomas Burke. He recounted making an official visit to Deng's home, only to discover later that Deng had sneaked out that night and been arrested in a burglary.
Juveniles can be incarcerated until they turn 21. As an adult, Deng faces a minimum prison term of 45 years if found guilty. He is not eligible for the death penalty; under Illinois law, someone younger than 18 convicted of first-degree murder cannot be sentenced to death.
When considering whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult, judges are instructed by state law to consider several factors. Among them are the severity of the crime, whether the juvenile system provides adequate remedy, prior history of the accused and safety of the community.
A troubled childhood is not a consideration, Kane County Assistant State's Atty. Jody Gleason said Wednesday.
"When you look at all the factors in the statute, that's not laid out as a factor," she said. "Obviously, the law doesn't say the judge can't take it into account."
Rather than dwell on Deng's environment, Edmondson cited his extensive criminal history—Deng "presented a high degree of risk to the community," he said—and the weight of evidence against him.
"Although much of the evidence is circumstantial, the court finds probable cause to believe the minor is guilty of the offense of first-degree murder," Edmondson said in his ruling.
Rebecca Watkins, the psychologist who examined Deng for the court, suggested that a boot camp-type facility in Pennsylvania could "provide a different type of setting and address a different set of needs." Deng, she said, came from a background where people had to rebel against the government and authority to survive, and he had employed the same strategies in America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bethell_11_weboct11,1,3340246.story
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Marilyn Bethell, murdered by a negro beast
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Gareng Deng, the vile negro beast that the kikes allowed to murder in America. Another kike wants this beast released so he will kill more white people.
After a relief organization settled his family in Aurora, his prospects might have brightened. But instead, authorities said, Deng began his transformation from witness to youthful perpetrator of violence.
At 11, he had already been arrested for burglary and threatening to kill a judge. By the time he was 14 in fall 2005, Deng had accumulated eight felony arrests. He had been suspended from Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora twice. He later told a counselor that he had participated in drive-by shootings.
And on Oct. 30-31, 2005, Deng is alleged to have shot Marilyn Bethell in the head.
Deng, 16, was formally charged Wednesday as an adult with the murder of the 47-year-old substance-abuse counseling assistant during an invasion of Bethell's Aurora home. Her decomposed body was found Dec. 26, 2005, along the Illinois Prairie Path near Kirk and Butterfield Roads in Kane County.
Wednesday's announcement of the adult charges was a formality after Friday's ruling by Kane County Juvenile Court Judge Wiley Edmondson, who ordered Deng's transfer to adult court. The judge heard from a court-appointed psychologist who recommended Deng remain in the juvenile system. But a DuPage County probation officer familiar with Deng said he posed a threat.
"In my 28 years, it's seldom that I see a youth at that high of a risk to re-offend," said Thomas Burke. He recounted making an official visit to Deng's home, only to discover later that Deng had sneaked out that night and been arrested in a burglary.
Juveniles can be incarcerated until they turn 21. As an adult, Deng faces a minimum prison term of 45 years if found guilty. He is not eligible for the death penalty; under Illinois law, someone younger than 18 convicted of first-degree murder cannot be sentenced to death.
When considering whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult, judges are instructed by state law to consider several factors. Among them are the severity of the crime, whether the juvenile system provides adequate remedy, prior history of the accused and safety of the community.
A troubled childhood is not a consideration, Kane County Assistant State's Atty. Jody Gleason said Wednesday.
"When you look at all the factors in the statute, that's not laid out as a factor," she said. "Obviously, the law doesn't say the judge can't take it into account."
Rather than dwell on Deng's environment, Edmondson cited his extensive criminal history—Deng "presented a high degree of risk to the community," he said—and the weight of evidence against him.
"Although much of the evidence is circumstantial, the court finds probable cause to believe the minor is guilty of the offense of first-degree murder," Edmondson said in his ruling.
Rebecca Watkins, the psychologist who examined Deng for the court, suggested that a boot camp-type facility in Pennsylvania could "provide a different type of setting and address a different set of needs." Deng, she said, came from a background where people had to rebel against the government and authority to survive, and he had employed the same strategies in America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bethell_11_weboct11,1,3340246.story
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2702/zzz272nt7.jpg
Marilyn Bethell, murdered by a negro beast
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9271/zzz273bw6.jpg
Gareng Deng, the vile negro beast that the kikes allowed to murder in America. Another kike wants this beast released so he will kill more white people.