Jonathan Lewis Jr., 17, was badly injured in the Nov. 1 attack near Rancho High School in Las Vegas. He died less than a week later.

Jonathan Lewis Jr., 17, was badly injured in the Nov. 1 attack near Rancho High School in Las Vegas. He died less than a week later.

Four teenagers accused of fatally beating a classmate last year in Las Vegas have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, which will keep them from being tried as adults, attorneys confirmed Thursday.

Nine students were arrested in connection with the melee on Nov. 1 involving a large group of people near Rancho High School, in which 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis was critically injured; he later died.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    651·
    4 months ago

    The plea represents a civil conviction, which will be expunged from the defendants’ records when they turn 21,

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
      431·
      4 months ago

      3 years for beating someone to death and coming out with a clean record is insane. The article quotes the mother as saying she was told the teens were pleading guilty to murder. This prosecutor is a real piece of shit.